Although the interim measures filed by the Council of Lisbon to lock the sub management of Carris and Lisbon Metropolitan have been accepted, as revealed on Tuesday the president of the municipality, the two companies also advanced to court to ensure the continuity of processes, calling for it to defend the “public interest.”
Within hours of the mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, have revealed to members of the Municipal Assembly of Lisbon that “the interim measures that the municipality brought” to stop the sub Metro and Carris had been accepted, after finding them two drop contests, Secretary of State for Transport, Sérgio Monteiro, has ensured that the process will continue.
“A halt to the contest that was reported is merely the legal consequence of the presentation (.. .) of the injunction in question and has not yet been any court decision in this regard “, said the minister, in a statement. Sergio Monteiro also revealed that the Carris and the Metro moved to court with the presentation of a “reasoned resolution in which they state that the deferral of the competition is serious harm to the public interest”. Sergio Monteiro declared that “the contest is no longer suspended and will resume its proceedings in accordance with the law and the contract documents.”
Yesterday, in his statements to Members of the Municipal Assembly, Fernando Medina said the next step in the authority’s strategy will be to bring an action for the resolution of the Council of Ministers gave the green light to the launch of the competition.
Fernando Medina made even know that “the Constitutional Court already to appreciate constitutionality “of the two diplomas in which the State is assumed as grantor of Carris and the Metropolitano de Lisboa, following a request for successive control delivered by a set of PS deputies in parliament.
The socialist mayor reported that the Board of Lisbon currently has “a team to devote themselves to study carefully both the contract documents,” adding that as much as was possible to see these documents “confirm the worst fears “. “The overall objective is solely to privatize the management of a part of the operation,” noted the mayor, criticizing that “low” is “the first criterion”. Fernando Medina has no doubt that, to give effect to the private sub-concessions to be “bad news for the city,” since what will be offered will be “a locked and disjointed network of general mobility system” as well as ” a contention in the less profitable lines and investment expenses “, specifically in the case of Carris.
” We will take all necessary measures so that the camera back to take power on key parts of the mobility system ” also assured the mayor, stressing that “the municipality does not give the grantor of power.” Nor warned, “the right to property of the companies”, since “it was not reimbursed in respect of nationalization processes.”
The injunction had been delivered in late April in the Administrative Court Circle Lisbon, after Camata considered that the state did not have the proper authority to grant concessions the service. The Government has made references to an opinion of the Advisory Board of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) to legitimize the award, stressing that the two carriers are in the business sector, but the socialist camera has another view. For CML, the PGR said that the grantor must be the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of Lisbon, which, in the light of today, refers to the city.
The government launched on 23 March regarding the contest two contracts: one for the sub-concession of the transport system in the Lisbon Metro for nine years (until 2024), with mandatory maintenance of rolling stock, and one for the sub-concession, for eight years (until 2023), shuttle service surface currently concessioned to Carris, getting stipulated the obligation to renew all the company’s fleet. According to Secretary of State for Transport, Sérgio Monteiro, the sub-concessionaires may not, throughout the duration of the contract period, increasing the price of tickets, which is indexed to inflation.
According to the stipulated schedule Initially, applicants for sub-concession of the two companies have until mid-May to submit proposals, expecting to announce the result at the end of July. With Ana Brito
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