The National Electricians Association says the president will break his promise if he does not get half the seats on the company's board.
The National Electricity Workers Council issued a bulletin today, Thursday (July 25, 2024), in which it expressed its concern about the progress of negotiations between the government of President Luiz Inacio Lula da SilvaTo (PT) with Eltrobras Planalto to increase number of seats on privatized company’s board of directors in 2022 under former chairman’s management Jair Bolsonaro (RR).
According to the statement, the agreement, which does not guarantee at least half of the seats in the company, confirms the validity of the agreement. “Banditry” And the “the irony”The union also claims that Lula would fail to fulfill a campaign promise to the class if he accepts an agreement that does not give the government the power to decide on the direction of Eltrobras. Read more complete Statement (PDF – 199 KB).
The bulletin is based on information published by the newspaper. Oh, Mr. DS, Paulothat Arabian Gulf University Advocacia Geral da União and Eletrobras are close to reaching an agreement that would increase the number of seats on the board of directors from 9 to 10 and the government would increase its participation from 1 to 3 seats in the company's decision-making group.
“The country is losing a lot with this agreement that seems to have been presented by AGU and Eletrobras. Accepting it would mean admitting all the irregularities committed during the privatization process, and it would also be admitting acts of banditry that even President Lula himself has condemned! Therefore, accepting this agreement would be a crime.”“The union says,” he said.
understand the issue
In May 2023, AGU filed a lawsuit before the STF (Supreme Federal Court) to question the maximum of 10% of the union's voting rights in Eletrobras. The text that privatized the company changed the voting capital, regardless of the ownership of each shareholder.
The measure signed by President Lula wants this section to apply only to voting rights of shares acquired after privatization.
When the company ceased to be state-owned, in June 2022, the government now has only one seat on the company's board, even though it owns 42% of the shares.
The Minister of the Court, Cassio Nunes Marquez, decided to refer the two parties to CCAF (Mediation and Reconciliation Chamber) to seek an amicable solution, before referring the procedure to the general session of the specialized technical committee.
