Eduardo Rodriguez, the new President of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery, has stated that his main goal as an individual and public official is to get the Petro-Caribbean Agreement signed between the DR and Venezuela, into operation. According to Diario Libre, he let it be known that his modus operandi would be totally different to the previous management. He understands that official government spokespersons in terms of petroleum and fuel are those instructed by law: Industry and Commerce deals with the fuel market, quality and prices; the government’s economic team deals with economic factors; and the Secretary of the Presidency deals with matters of a social or political nature; the President of Refidomsa will work internally. Rodriguez was appointed on Tuesday, replacing Aristides Fernandez Zucco, who was fired after a gas leak spread over Santo Domingo on Monday (see DR1 25 October 2005).