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Haiti - Politic : The DG of EDH «throws in the towel» and resigns 20/08/2021 10:16:19
Michel Présumé, the Director General of Electricity of Haiti (EDH) installed at the head of the State enterprise in July 2020, threw in the towel and resigned on the evening of Thursday, August 19, 2021.
On his official Twitter account he explains:
"Public enterprises of a commercial nature obey the laws of the market to satisfy consumers and make them fulfill their obligations to service providers. When it is impossible to apply this principle, the conclusion must be drawn
I bring to the attention of customers in particular and the general public that I resigned from my post of Director General of Electricity of Haiti (EDH) this Thursday, August 19, 2021.
I thank everyone who supported me during this experience."
One can estimated that the refusal of consumers to pay their bill https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26711-haiti-flash-nearly-90-of-edh-customers-have-not-paid-their-bill.html, the proliferation of illegal connections, repeated sabotage, the insecurity that prevents the regular supply of fuel to power plants and the lack of support from political, police and judicial authorities as well as the lack of resources to tackle these problems, are some of the reasons which prompted Présumé to resign...
See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34418-haiti-flash-edh-power-plants-fuel-theft-network.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34411-icihaiti-flash-the-peligre-plant-occupied-and-under-the-threat-of-armed-individuals.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34054-icihaiti-justice-resurgence-of-cases-of-theft-of-electricity.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32672-haiti-flash-sabotage-of-the-avenue-n-power-substation.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31409-haiti-security-sabotage-and-vandalism-at-edh.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26711-haiti-flash-nearly-90-of-edh-customers-have-not-paid-their-bill.html
HL/ HaitiLibre
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