Justia suspends the candidacy of the BNDES for the privatization of Eletrobras – Economy The federal law of Rio has accepted an injunction to suspend the electronic payment of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), which would hire a consultant to evaluate and model the privatization of Eletrobras.

Previously, the president of the BNDES, Dyogo Oliveira, avoided commenting on the decision, stating only that the development institution would still badyze it.

In a preliminary ruling, Judge Fernando Caldas Bivar Neto of the Federal Court of Rio, states that Eletrobras can not be included in the National Demobilization Program (NDP).

The judge cited the decision of the Federal Supreme Court Minister (STF), Ricardo Lewandowski, as part of the ADI No. 5,624 / DF, which determined that the sale of businesses of State must necessarily be evaluated by the National Congress. The authorization of the Legislative would come in the conversion into law of Provisional Measure 814/2018, which even supported the state in the National Plan of Desestatizao. As the MP has expired and has not been converted into law, according to the judge, a 2007 law, which prohibits the inclusion of Eletrobras in the PND.

According to the judge, there is no justification for BNDES to commit resources human and financial resources at that time, where there is no legal protection. "It's not hard to imagine, for example, facing such controversy at the National Congress, that the issue regarding the inclusion of Eletrobras in the National Disagreement Program will only be not even approved by the Legislative Branch. "

asked whether the privatization auction of Eletrobras controlled electricity distributors, also coordinated by the BNDES, is maintained for the next day, Dyogo only indicated that the bill that authorizes the sale is "In progress". (19659002) (Renata Batista and Vinicius Neder)