The Association Mr. Smith Goes to today announced it has been opened an ‘official investigation process “within the complaint made to the European Commission on the alleged illegality of the specifications of the privatization of TAP.
” Within we make the complaint to the European Commission on the legality of the specifications already was, however, open an official investigation process, “it said in a statement the association.
In the document, the Association Mr. Smith Goes reiterates have been rejected on Monday by the Supreme Administrative Court (STA) the injunction that had filed challenging the terms of reference of the privatization of TAP, but ensures that “nothing is settled” because “this decision is without prejudice at all the merits of the main action that led to the injunction. “
” It is public knowledge, is yet to be appreciated a second injunction that was brought against the Decree-Law No. 181- The December 24, as a second major share of the same “hold.
In this context, the association says mourn the” ludibriosas words that this government tries to pass for public opinion “on the subject of rejection this first injunction.
“We recall that for the completion of the sale of TAP Portugal still lacking, in addition to the above, the approval of the Court of Auditors and the Brussels decision. We continue to think that this privatization, by also be vitiated by illegality and opaque situations, is damaging the national interest and burdensome for our economy, “he argues.
In May, the association, which is part of civic movement ‘No TAP Eyes’, filed an injunction to stop the privatization of the company, arguing with alleged illegalities in the specifications of the company’s privatization process area.
June 3, and has after putting a new injunction, now challenging the ordinance that approved the privatization of TAP, the association announced that the process was suspended by decision of the STA.
According to the Association Mr. Smith Goes, this providence precautionary challenged the fact that there has been an open tender to hire two independent entities to the economic and financial evaluation of the Portuguese airline.
“We await the decision on the second protective order and we are very optimistic . (…) It is very common to be a refusal and then be a decision favorable to the main action, “he told Lusa the vice-president of the association, Bruno Fialho.
On June 4, the government STA reported the delivery of a resolution based on the privatization of TAP in response to that injunction, which led to the lifting of the suspension of the privatization process.
On 11 June, the government approved the sale of 61% of the share capital of the TAP Gateway consortium, the American businessman David Neeleman and Portuguese businessman Humberto Pedrosa. – one of the two finalists of the privatization process of the Portuguese airline, and the unsuccessful candidate Germán Efromovich
On June 15, the Association Mr. Smith Goes to said through a statement that it had “less new to be declared invalid incident of the acts of improper execution”, to be inspected the arguments of the resolution based government.
“If the STA has ruled favorably to this incident and a declaration of ineffectiveness of the acts of improper execution, the effects of this statement will be retroactive to the date on which the Government was quoted for that injunction,” referring to this statement .
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