PRI Calls Calderon to eradicate CFE privileges, opacity and corruption
new owner, Antonio Vivanco, to guide the Commission towards efficiency and honesty. Victor Cardoso
Posted: 03/24/2011 9:45
Mexico City. President Felipe Calderon demanded that the new administration of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to eradicate any kind of privileges, opacity and corruption. "The performance of the CFE, as the entire public sector energy parastatal, should be directed at public sevice for the efficiency and honesty," the president said after giving formal possession Antonio Vivanco Casamadrid as new general manager Utility.
Calderón referred to the privileges, opacity and corruption as major combat tasks entrusted to the new owner of the CFE again calling it "a world class company efficiently and effectively, to advance the modernization company in the center of the country "for families and the productive sector of the region have access to electric service more reliable, efficient and in accordance with quality standards that have characterized this great company the rest of country.
Casamadrid Vivanco also instructed to resume and expand "the legacy we leave Alfredo Elias Ayub, head of the CFE" and asked coordinate tasks to be given the power utility did give the president the flamboyant owner of the CFE are: to promote national scientific and technological research in electricity, promote the development of equipment and materials used in the service public power; push resolutely the use of renewable energy in the country and, above all, to continue the momentum of infrastructure that Mexico needs to promote its development.
For his part, Antonio Vivanco Casamadrid, a graduate in economics and masters in business administration and public policy, which has desempleñado in the present government as director of economic and housing in the Ministry of Finance, Cabinet secretariotécnico Social, Infrastructure and Tourism and Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic, expressed his commitment to prioritize
the commitment CFE permanent transparency and accountability.
Its work plan, he said, will be based on three objectives: to complete on time and infrastructure works that correspond to the CFE under the National Infrastructure Program, continue to the approval of service in the central area country so that "structural reform undertaken in the electricity sector in 2009" (the decision to disappear Luz y Fuerza del Centro) continue translating into greater benefits for users, until they reach the standards of the rest of the country and intensify the pace in renewable energy.
considered the latter as a "key issue for the development and viability of the country" as well as a way of "privileged" to alcabnzar "a cleaner Mexico, a Mexico that will last us forever."
As part of his farewell, Alfredo Elias Ayub said that during the current administration reaches the highest electricity coverage from 98 percent of the population, a figure comprare with countries more developed.
praised President Calderon for his "courageous decisions" that met "standing structural problems that have long term consequences if not addressed, as was the case of Luz y Fuerza."
CFE, said, "has proven to be a company ready to work in normal and emergency delivering good results." Nevertheless recommended that the new administration to be alert to the continuous and profound changes are recorded in the energy sector in technology, because "there are always many things to do and enormous challenges ahead."
noted that in the last 4 years, he established the modernization program Company, were built major infrastructure both in electricity and telecommunications has been strengthened to ensure gas supply power generation, it started the program generation with renewable energies such as wind, which drove from Felipe Calderón step by the Ministry of Energy and the further reforms to give solution to the problem of pension fund in the utility.
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/ultimas/2011/03/24/da-calderon-posesion-a-antonio-vivanco-como-director-de-cfe
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