The president of the National Private Business Council (CONEP), Elena Viyella de Paliza, has said that if 50% of the energy placed by distributors on the networks is lost, then 50% of businesspeople are responsible for stealing that energy. Diario Libre reports that the leading business sector representative said that it was time that society as a whole, including the business sector, got involved in finding a solution to the electric crisis and the only way to contribute to this was by paying for the service and stop engaging in fraud.