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And while we hope the power will now be stabilized, the losses to every sector of business - from tourism to manufacturing to office workers and call centers - are enormous - and that extends to persons who work out of their homes and to agribusiness.
Today, Minister of Agriculture Jose Mai called it disgraceful:
Jose Mai, Minister of Agriculture
"It's horrible. It is disgraceful. I should say. Because in 2024, we are having this crisis BMVC that buys pulp from the farmers the soursap. We are we are starting to lose product. This is unacceptable. We have to find a solution to this. We have to we cannot depend on somebody to feel sorry for us and sell us electricity."
"That is not going to happen. Cabinet is very, very concerned about it. I believe and I won't comment what it is that we could have avoided this problem if would have taken the right decisions in time. My view is that renewable energy sources is the way to go. I mean, there are thousands of people investing in solar systems. If we would have gone into solar systems ten years ago, this would not have been a problem."
