Maduro will restructure Corpoelec to “cleanse” it of infiltrators
Nicolás Maduro announced a restructuring of the state electricity company Corpoelec to identify and eliminate alleged infiltrators designated responsible for sabotage the National Electric Service.
During a speech, he assured that this measure will improve the provision of electrical service in the country.
«We are doing a process of cleaning, review and restructuring of the electric company so that the infiltrators truly get out of there,” said the socialist leader.
He also assured that the blackout that occurred in Venezuela a month ago was due to an “attack” on the Guri Hydroelectric Power Plant.
«They attacked Guri and the day they attacked Guri people went out to work. Nothing or no one is going to stop us. Whatever the fascists do, the work, development, recovery and peace of Venezuela will not be disturbed by anything or anyone. Not today nor ever,” he said.
The announcement was made by the socialist ruler in a context of Frequent blackouts and power failures that have affected millions of Venezuelans.
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In the early hours of Friday, August 30, a power outage affected almost the entire countryleaving at least 20 of the 23 states in the dark. The government attributed it to alleged sabotage.
Contrary to what Maduro says, that day many people They didn’t immediately realize it was a blackout, especially because it happened during the early morning. The lack of information and the frequency with which power outages occur in the country could have led citizens to believe that it was a temporary interruption and not a massive event.
Maduro has done it before
Maduro and his officials had already announced in the past the restructuring of Corpoelec with the aim of supposedly removing the “infiltrators” and improving the electrical system. But the normalization of the service has not occurred.
In 2019, after a series of massive blackouts, he also highlighted the militarization of electrical installations and the creation of an Electrical General Staff to “protect” the infrastructure.
However, supply problems have persisted and the authorities have dedicated themselves to accusing the opposition, although experts assure that the failures are due to abandonment and lack of investment.
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