The board of directors of the state oil company postponed the bidding process, which is causing headaches for the government. Fancap effect?
After resistance from the unions and the opposition, the board of directors of the National Administration of Fuels, Alcohol and Portland (Ancap) resolved to postpone until September 12 the receipt of offers for public bidding for private partners of the portland business.
Without saying the reason for the postponement of the tender, the public company issued an official statement establishing the postponement of the international public tender to private partners who want to invest in the Portland. Although, according to the press, the postponement until September is due to the fact that two international companies asked for more time and that it has nothing to do with union claims.
Political and union conflicts
The agreement had generated conflicts between the ruling party and the opposition since the Ancap board of directors approved the specifications by majority, without the vote of the director of the Broad Front (FA), Vincent Churches. According to the director of the FA, the process is “inconvenient for Ancap and, ultimately, for the whole country.” The opposition demands “a public, open and transparent debatee with all of society and all the actors involved”, and a specific law.
On the other hand, the tender continues to cause great headaches for the government that comes up with conflicts with the Ancap Federation (Fancap) months ago. The last large measure of force was the plant shot the table by Fancap after the state company approved in May the inclusion of a private company in the operations.
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Considering that from these facilities the fuel for airportsthe government raised the alarm about a possible impact on the supply and, therefore, on the normal operation of the air terminal during the July holidays.
Faced with this, Lacalle Pou contacted the Minister of Labor and Social Security (MTSS), Pablo Miereswho in turn communicated with the president of the PIT-CNT, Marcelo Abdala, with the proposal to postpone the opening of the tender for 60 days in progress to find a private partner in portland in exchange for the union lifting all measures, something that Fancap rejected.
On the other hand, it jeopardizes the refinery maintenance shutdown The Tile, scheduled for September 4 and with a duration of four months, which would imply an expense to the company of 300,000 dollars for each week that the strike of the units is postponed. Meanwhile, from the union they affirm that, if the bidding document in Portland is withdrawn, they are willing to offer the necessary working conditions for shutdown of units and maintenance of the refinery. Otherwise, they will not offer that special regime.
Source: Ambito
