The Listin Diario reports that judicial embargos on the accounts of the renationalized power distributors EdeNorte and EdeSur are obstacles to the new administration that is trying to gather the money to pay the power generator companies.
It seems that all the accounts are frozen by embargos due to problems left by the past Union Fenosa administration. Nonetheless, the new administrators say that today, Monday, they have RD$500 million pesos to put on account with the generators. Even the Santiago Municipal Council has placed an embargo on the accounts of EdeNorte for non-payment of the 3% tax established in the General Law on Electricity, that had reached a total of RD$97 million pesos in favor of the Santiago city government.
In Santo Domingo West, the city council has placed an embargo to collect RD$22 million pesos.
Private individuals also have placed embargos on the accounts of the electricity distributors for civil cases pending in the courts.
Meanwhile, President Mejia warned that he would allow the use of the police force to cut power service to anyone that was not paying for it. He said Cesar Sanchez, the head of the CDEEE, has instructions to cut the service to those who do not pay on time.