Former administrator of the CDE, engineer Ramón Pérez Martínez criticized the government for basing the immediate solution of the present energy supply crisis on the installation of six turbogas plants purchased from a French company. He said these plants use a "fragile technology," whereby they could break down easily, and are very costly to operate. Engineer Pérez Martínez gained notoriety when he disbanded the CDE labor union and implemented other measures to reorganize the CDE. He was advisor to the Marcelo Jorge and Fernando Periche Vidal administrations. He said that the government should open the board of the CDE to the political parties so that a consensus solution can be reached that would have continuity, regardless of which party were in power. Speaking on the TV Program, Enfoque Semanal, he said that the country does not have the US$5,000 million required for the long term solution to the nation’s energy deficit. He also advocated that the contracts with private energy generators that are unfavorable to the country should be revised by a board with known capacity and honesty.
