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Superintendent of Hydrocarbons of Bolivia, Santiago Berrios, said today that he has resigned his position because the president, Evo Morales, disapproved of his decision to relieve one of the high officials of that institution.
Berrios, who took office on Aug. 28, told a press conference that attempted to form a team of its confidence in the Superintendent, but the Director of Administration, Ines Avalos, he would not resign and mentioned in the president.
noted that Morales 'he gave his full support to this official and that determined' to submit his resignation to the president last Thursday, said Berrios.
Berrios said this Thursday is awaiting a response from the president to his letter of resignation and its possible continuation in office depends on respect for its decision to relieve the officer. Avalos
served as Superintendent Acting before the entrance of Berrios, during a trip outside the former incumbent Victor Hugo Sainz, who first reported a case of alleged corruption in the state oil company YPFB on a contract to sell oil to Brazil. Avalos
signed a statement that contradicted the claim made by Sainz and was criticized by other officials of the organization because its position had no technical and legal endorsement.
The Morales case was settled for the relief of the president of the Bolivian Fiscal Oilfields (YPFB), Jorge Alvarado, but also of his accusers, Sainz, a deputy minister of industry and two technical staff of the regulator Berrios those who subsequently ratified in their positions.
Berrios said Avalos's resignation was one of the four waivers requested by the Superintendent for the purpose of hiring a professional you trust who are members of the Patriotic Alliance Bar Association (APA) which he chairs.
That organization was the first reported in 2004, the alleged irregular contract signed by the multinational oil companies in Bolivia have not been approved by Congress.
The letter sent to President Morales, Berrios scored disapproval Avalos change as "an attitude of pressure 'from the Government.
In the press conference, also noted that the staff does not have 'fully trained' and has not demonstrated an effective job.
added that the regulator also faces difficulties because the regulations with which it works are part of the former Hydrocarbons Law was repealed in May last year.
'I told the President, with all sincerity and honesty that nowhere in the world, I have seen working with secondary rules' that have to do with a non-existent law, said the lawyer.
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