SANTO DOMINGO.- The vice-president of the Dominican State-owned electrical companies CDEEE yesterday said that she hasn’t sought a monopoly over the distributors, and that the energy problem is the responsibility of the Government and  private companies which had assumed commitments to invest in the sector, in response to criticism by the business leaders grouped in Conep.

Radhamés Segura, after weeks making headlines regarding alleged nepotism in the CDEEE, said he welcomes the media’s call for prudence and transparency and to find a definitive solution to the situation. "I invite Conep and other forces to a summit next week which could take place where the parts decide."

There, he said, the situation would be discussed on how to recover the distributors and the steps necessary for that recovery, as well as topic of generation and what to do to obtain a satisfactory energy supply.

He said many business leaders have said they don’t invest because the conditions haven’t been created for the private sector, such as the cash flow of the distributors, the problem of billing, legal security on contracts and of risk country internationally.

Segura said how to create the conditions so the private sector can invest could be discussed in the summit, and that he’s ready to speak with Conep president Lisandro Macarrulla, so that not only Conep participates, but also other forces.