Santo Domingo. – Faced with media reports that some Dominican State-owned power company (CDEEE) officials earn onerous wages despite not having any functions, its newly-designated executive vice-president Celso Marranzini on Tuesday morning warned that he’ll fire anyone who doesn’t justify their pay.

“Undoubtedly anyone who doesn’t exert a function must understand that, unfortunately, in a company, the one who doesn’t generate their salary two or three or four times, for that company they are really not necessary,” he said.

The official also affirmed that he’ll work to increase the collection and for the sector’s competitiveness, so the population gets a fair billing and efficient energy.

“I’m neither looking for power, nor wealth, I only ask God for the wisdom to be able to help the country to solve the most serious problem that we Dominicans currently have.”

Marranzini, the most vocal critic of the CDEEE’s administration of the dismissed Radhamés Segura said he’ll review the energy subsidies with a social and business vision and doesn’t believe that the sector should be run only by the State, and instead to share the responsibility with the private sector.

The business leader, interviewed by Huchi Lora on Channel 11, said he agrees with his predecessor’s position of keeping the hydroelectric dams and the power lines in the hands of the State.

When asked about existing “commitments” in the CDEEE, Marranzini said that in business there’s no such thing, “only business, I’m going to charge my friends and those who aren’t my friends.”