The Government is trying to maintain the auction of Eletrobras distributors

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Brasília – The government lacks time to try to overcome the judicial war that took place around the privatization electricity distributors of Eletrobras Nesta On Friday, March 13, the Office of the Attorney General (AGU) and BNDES filed an appeal against the 39; injunction that had suspended the call for bids scheduled on July 26. Following the suspension of the announcement by the BNDES

The injunction suspending the award was granted by the Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro, in the context of a civil action brought by the Brazilian Association of Employers In his judgment, Judge Maria Carmo Freitas Ribeiro cited the injunction granted by the Minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Ricardo Lewandowski, which prohibited the privatization of state-owned enterprises, joint corporations, subsidiaries and controlled companies without

To reverse the injunction, AGU and BNDES filed an application with the Regional Regional Court of the Second Region (TRF-2). The appeal indicates that there is a legal authority to sell distributors in six laws and points out that the Federal Audit Court (TCU) has also acknowledged the legality of the auction.

The AGU also sent a binding notice with the same content to the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). The purpose of the document is to make it clear to the government that the injunction issued by Lewandowski on the eve of the suspension of the judiciary does not apply to distributors

The only exception cited is Ceal, a distributor operating in Alagoas . In the case of this company, there is a specific injunction, also granted by Lewandowski, which prevents the auction until a financial dispute between the federal and state governments that dates back to 1998, when the company was bought by Eletrobras, be settled.

the government was also able to overturn the decision of the Piauí Federal Court against the sale of Cepisa, the local distributor. But the judiciary is not the only obstacle to government plans to bid distributors.

Although it was approved by the House, the bill that facilitates the sale of business and resolves disputes of businesses has not been approved in the Senate. should be considered in August after the parliamentary suspension. The proposal is fundamental to make the attractiveness of Amazonas and Roraima distributors attractive.

Still, Secretary of State Carlos Marun said that the government had not waived the auction. "Our idea is to keep.Now, if they come to the opposite conclusion, it will be postponed.We are still working in the expectation of holding the auction on the 26."

The Finance Minister Eduardo Guardia told Estadão / Broadcast that the government could proceed with the award in two stages. In the first, on July 26, the distributors of Piauí, Acre and Rondônia would be sold. In the second, after the reversal of the STF injunction and the approval of the bill in the Senate, it would be the turn of the companies of Alagoas, Amazonas and Roraima. The information comes from the journal O Estado de S. Paulo