Steps: Government will contest the Court’s decision on … – Jornal de Negócios – Portugal

The prime minister said Wednesday that the government will present “reasonable resolution” to challenge the decision of the Supreme Administrative Court suspending the privatization of TAP, but stressed that there is nothing “abnormal” in this situation .

“It’s not the first time that there are interim measures submitted by groups of citizens to the courts. The process is not new, so” said the Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, told reporters at a joint press conference with the head of the Government of Vietnam, which is carrying out a visit to Portugal.

Excusing to examine the subject at a joint press conference with another head of government and arguing that there is nothing “abnormal” in the situation, Passos Coelho said only that the government will “present” a reasoned resolution that supports the need to continue “with the privatization of TAP.

The Association Mr. Smith Goes, part of the civic movement Not TAP Eyes, today announced the re-privatization of TAP is suspended by decision of the Supreme Administrative Court.

In a statement, the association said which was accepted by the Supreme Administrative Court for an injunction brought against the decree-law 181-A / 2015 of 24 December, which approved the re-privatization of TAP, due to not even consider opening a tender for hiring two independent entities to the economic and financial evaluation of the airline.

“By not foresee the opening of the said tender, contend the ordinance 181-a / 2015 to the Fundamental Law on Privatization and to the Portuguese Constitution, the same vitiated by an error of qualified illegality and a serious constitutional defect “, says the association which has mobilized against the privatization of TAP Group, owner of the national carrier area.

Thus, it added, “is suspended the privatization process of the TAP, with the Government and Parpública prohibited from continuing with said process.”

The Association Mr. Smith Goes to bring an action before the Supreme Administrative Court asking the supervision of the arguments of the Government to proceed with the carrier’s privatization process, after the executive submitted a reasoned resolution in order to proceed with the privatization of TAP, following the same platform have brought this court an interim order trying to stop the process.

At this time, the Government is negotiating with the two candidates who have passed the stage of negotiations to improve the purchasing proposals on 15 May.