The senator Jean-Charles Moïse denounced Wednesday, the agreement signed Tuesday in Santo Domingo, by René Jean Jumeau, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister of Haiti, responsible for energy security and the Dominican Enrique Ramirez, Director General of National Energy Commission (CNE) "for an evantual grid interconnection between the two countries."

For the Senator the situation is very clear "This agreement will increase the power of the Dominican Republic over haiti, which tends to become a Dominican province [...] this agreement will be beneficial only for the Dominican Republic [...] if a political problem arise between the two countries, the Dominican authorities have full discretion to cut our electricity," describing this agreement of a drift of the Government Martelly, he declared he will carry out every effort to force the Government to withdraw of this agreement...

In order to avoid misinterpretation within the population in this case, which can lead to disorders regrettable, it should be noted that the agreement signed Tuesday, focuses only on the creation of a sub-commission within the bilateral Joint Commission, whose mission is to discuss energy issues [including interconnection] that can eventually lead or not, on a possible agreement between the two nations. It is IN NO CASE an interconnection agreement between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as wants to suggest the wants to suggest Moïse. Moreover, René Jean Jumeau, who signed the agreement in Santo Domingo, took great care to specify It is an agreement to prepare an agreement, said the Minister Jumeau, which indicated that progress will depend on the precise definition of the project, access to funding, and the state of technical, commercial and social relations of the two countries.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-7763-haiti-energy-first-step-towards-the-grid-interconnection-on-the-island-of-hispaniola.html

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