IL wants to know, as part of the TAP Inquiry Panel, the contracts of Alexandra Reis, TAP CEO and other directors, as well as the registration of awards and compensations awarded in the company between 2019 and 2022.
According to a request that Lusa had access to, among the documents requested by the liberals as part of the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the political oversight of the TAP leadership, there are minutes and supporting documents of all meetings of the Board of Directors from 2019 to 2022 and correspondence between TAP and the Government with the European Commission under the restructuring plan, as well as the plan itself.
IL also wants access to Evercore’s selection process documents, as well as the authority to represent the Portuguese state in the airline’s reprivatization process.
The contract of TAP CEO Christine Urmier-Widener, as well as the contract of former Secretary of State Alexandra Reis, are also included in the IL application, which also wants access to “aircraft lease agreements, as well as bank financing agreements or bank payments worth more than 20 million euros” .
Annual budgets, budget performance reports, and reports and accounts for the period 2019 to 2022, and requests for cash assistance are other documents that IL requests.
Chega also wants to know the airline’s restructuring plan, “delivered to Brussels in full and without erasures,” and the legal opinion requested by TAP from law firm SRS Legal regarding compensation of half a million euros to Alexandra Reis.
In addition, André Ventura’s party requested access to “all documents exchanged between the Ministry of Finance and the then Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing, and between the ministries and TAP by any representative or employee in relation to the termination of employment agreement concluded between TAP and Alexandra Reis “.
Among the extensive list handed over to Commission of Inquiry Chairman Jorge Segura Sánchez, Chega also requested “the contracts of all directors who were recruited from outside and did not have Portuguese citizenship and previous residence in Portugal”, as well as “the number of Cabine crew members reinstated in 2021/2022/ 2023 in court or out of court.
On February 3, BE’s proposal to establish a 90-day TAP Political Administration Commission of Inquiry was approved in Parliament with PS and PCP abstaining and voting in favor of the rest of the parties.
The text, approved without votes against, establishes a parliamentary commission of inquiry “under the political control of the TAP leadership”, which, in particular, between 2020 and 2022 will focus on investigating the entry and exit of the former ruler Alexandra Reis and guardianship responsibilities in the decisions taken.
The parliamentary inquiry into TAP is being chaired by socialist Jorge Seguro Sánchez, whose first vice president will be SDP deputy Paulo Ríos de Oliveira and whose second vice president will be Chega Filipe Melo.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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