The general secretary of the PS admitted in an interview with TVI, that his government can move forward with the process of privatization of TAP, but only ensuring that the state will always be with most of the capital.
“Privatization could happen if the state does not abdicate the majority of the capital. We will not allow TAP has more than 51% of privatized capital. “
António Costa preferred the solution of public recapitalization, even by way of” dispersion in stock, “noting that” there are many private “interested in those circumstances.
” The government did not even try to the European Union a public recapitalization. I must have exhausted this hypothesis in Brussels. We admit the possibility of a capital increase by means of dispersion in stock and there are many private available to invest in TAP. “
The leader of the PS then appealed to the Government that, until the elections do not take “no decision becomes irreversible.”
“Portugal can not lose control of the majority of the capital of this company. My Government will do everything to prevent to consolidate the sale of majority stake in TAP. “
The general secretary of the PS regretted that the Government has not tried to reach a” political agreement and extended social “,” dragging the TAP to a conflict situation. ”
While criticizing the pilots’ strike “disproportionate and extremely negative for the country,” Costa believes that the fault is the “irresponsibility” of the Executive Passos Coelho.
The socialist leader rejects the scenario that the airline is “technically bankrupt” and insists there is private capital interested in investing in the company.
“TAP has had a very positive trend of economic recovery, but has a problem located in your maintenance company in Brazil. If there were not interested, there would be this rush to privatization. “
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