Passos Coelho, members of his government and the ANA will be heard on privatization

The PKP’s request to hear in Parliament the former Prime Minister Passos Coelho, members of his government responsible for the privatization of ANA, company presidents and workers’ representatives was fully approved this Thursday by the Economic Commission.

Thus, former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, former Minister of Finance Victor Gaspar, former Minister of Finance Maria Luis Albuquerque, former Secretary of State for Infrastructure Sérgio Monteiro, President of the ANA Board of Directors José Luis Arnaut, Executive President of the company Thierry Ligonier and organizations representing workers airport management.

Previously, the PCP parliamentary group had also submitted a proposal for a possible parliamentary commission of inquiry “to investigate the political and administrative responsibilities of the governments and boards of directors of ANA Aeroportos, which included the privatization of the company and its consequences for the state and the management of the national airport network”, but was rejected by votes of the PSD , PS and CDS, while Chega abstained.

“The Accounts Chamber demonstrated that the sale of the company took place for much less than the announced value, demonstrating the indiscriminateness between public and private management, both at the stage of privatization and at the stage of private management. The court also demonstrated that the preliminary valuation required by law had not been carried out and that, in addition, Vinci was offered dividends for 2012 (€71.4 million) when the company was public that year,” the statement said. communists.

The sale of 100% of the capital of ANA Aeroportos à Vinci was concluded in 2013 by the PSD/CDS-PP government led by Pedro Passos Coelho, at a time when the country was subject to a bailout program agreed between the troika and the government.