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Monday, May 21, 2007
The Dominica Electricity company DOMLEC has threatened legal action against the government of Dominica if it does not pay a 6 million EC (approx US 2 million) dollar electricity bill. The chairman of the foreign owned company, Robert Blanchard said that the unpaid debt is having a "detrimental effect" on Dominican consumers, and may cause the cost of electricity to rise even higher in the long run. Dominicas Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has responded that his government won't be intimidated by DOMLEC, which he says is bent on waging war against the state. Skerrit said that he had tried on numerous occasions to reach a solution that would benefit the people of Dominica but his attempts at a resolution were not fruitful. "We will put the machinery of the state in defence of the people of Dominica at any time at any cost," the Prime Minister said. |
