Two hours, from four hours yesterday, are the power cuts today in the occupied territories with the "electricity authority" announcing again that this is due to "production shortages".
The "chairman" of the "authority", Hassan Akyit, announced that 100 tons of fuel arrived in the occupied territories last night and 14,000 tons will arrive tomorrow, Thursday. He also announced that the two generators that Turkey donated to the pseudo-state had been put into production since dawn.
He also blamed the cutbacks on the Sideral Denizcilik company that had been in charge of transporting the fuel. The company, he added, had been fined for not transporting fuel on time and claimed that it had been repeated out of reaction. He also said that they had been forced to buy more expensive fuel and therefore the cost of electricity would be adjusted at the end of the month.
According to the GMP, in exclusive statements to Yeni Dusen, the "director" of the Sideral Denizcilik company, Ulus Gjoker, said that the "electricity authority" owed the company $540,000 and added that they had indicated that they would continue to provide fuel if it paid its debt. "However, instead of paying the debt, it continued to demand fuel," Giocher said.
He also accused the "government" of deciding to proceed with the transfer of fuel to the occupied territories from Alexandretta on a ship that does not have the proper international certificates. He also claimed that the "government" took this decision and subsequently put pressure on the "members of the board of directors of the electricity authority" to accept it.
According to T/C media, the pseudo-state has received electricity from the free areas, 50 megawatts by this morning and was expected to reach 80 megawatts within the day.
Meanwhile, reactions to the power cuts continue with the T/C Chamber of Commerce stating in a statement that they are a tangible proof of the inadequate administration in the pseudo-state.
The issue of energy, it added, should be discussed "in the Supreme Energy Council" and a medium and long-term policy should be defined through this "council."
Electricity is an integral part of both daily life and the production of goods and services, without electricity nothing can be done, the T/C chamber said. The inability of the pseudo-state to meet the electricity needs of citizens and businesses must be resolved with a social approach beyond any political discussion, it added.
Ersin Tatar said last night that he is closely monitoring the issue and is in constant contact with the "government" and "electricity authority".
In a statement in front of the "prime minister's office" today, PKK Chairman Toufan Erhiurman criticized the "government" for its handling, lower-than-needed fuel supply and said they would stay there until 8 tonight, calling on the "government" by then to announce the details of the agreements with PetCo, İçKale and AlkaGesta for the direct purchase of fuel "by an irregular decision of the cabinet," he said.
Should this not happen, he said, more and more people will gather in front of the "prime minister's office" from tomorrow morning. Mr Erheurman was accompanied today by "MPs" and PKK cadres.
He also announced that the PKK is appealing to the "constitutional court" over the May 20 "decree" by which the "government" made a fuel purchase for the "electricity authority" without resorting to a tender. It did so in the early afternoon.
He also said that it is known that the diesel they bought is with a maximum sulphur content of 1%, and no one can hide behind an explanation of "we bought better quality fuel, so it is expensive", as he said.
Toufan Erhiurman said he sees messages from young people in the MDCs saying they will leave the "country" and addressing them he said: "don't you leave the country you love because very soon they (the "government") will leave."
Source: CNA
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