The economy minister said today that civil requisition decided by the Government in relation to the strike of the TAP and the minimum services decreed by the Arbitral Tribunal are complementary.
“How much [the decree of minimum services] is complementary” to the civil requisition, which “has been requested under a decree-law” of 1974 and that is in effect, the minister said today in a meeting with journalists at the Ministry of Economy, refusing the idea that the definition of minimum services could endanger the civil requisition:. “No, quite the contrary,” said
“The civil requisition applies to 70% of functions of the TAP, covering all flights and, ultimately, the decision of the arbitral tribunal has the scope to 30% of functions of people who were not covered by civil requisition, “added António Pires de Lima told reporters .
The Arbitration Court of the Economic and Social Council (CES) today declared the minimum services for the strike between 27 and 30 December at TAP, which provide for the operation of flights to the Azores, Madeira, Brazil, Angola and Mozambique.
The minimum services were enacted today after on Thursday the government approved the civil requisition of about 70% of TAP employees, allowing to perform all flights scheduled for four days strike, scheduled to challenge the privatization of the airline. Pires de Lima also noted that in 1977 and 1997, when they were heads of government Mário Soares and António Guterres, respectively, civil requests were based on the same Decree-Law, which “fits perfectly to the situation of TAP”.
For this reason “was used by the Socialist Party in the past. It makes no sense to wait for 27 or 28 December, from the point of view of the interest of the people,” for respect of “services that are no longer to eventually meet then apply for a civil request, “he added.
” This civil requisition work not based on any regulation of the Labour Code, but based on an ordinance that already several courts said it was in force and has served as a reference for other civil requests “in” vital sectors for our economy, “he said.
About the Reports that the TAP would have resorted to banks for € 250 million treasury, Pires de Lima said. “TAP lives a normal situation and makes use of funding as any other company in the process of being privatized”
The minister assured that “the credit lines of TAP are in a historically low use “and noted that” all companies to work in need of cash. “
According to the decision of the Arbitration Court, will be performed all scheduled flights to and from the Autonomous Region the Azores, as well as three flights Lisbon / Funchal, in each of the strike days, and three flights Funchal / Lisbon, also in each of the strike days.
In addition, the Arbitral Tribunal decided also unanimously, the conduct of flights Lisbon / Maputo / Lisbon on 28 and 30 December and flights Lisbon / Luanda, 27-30 December and Luanda / Lisbon from 28 to 30 December.
For Brazil, were included in the minimum services the operation of a flight Lisbon / Rio de Janeiro in each of the strike days; in respect of flights Rio de Janeiro / Lisbon, will be made a flight on 27 and 29 December and two on 30 December.
As for São Paulo, the minimum provided services are an flight Lisbon / Sao Paulo in each of the four days of strike and, in the opposite direction, a flight on 28, 29 and 30 December.
In addition, as usual, were considered minimal services return flights directly to the country for the foundation of Lisbon and Oporto, as the respective initial planning.
According to the government, 1,141 flights scheduled for 27, 28, 29 and 30 December will be held
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