He Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining, Omar Paganini, defended the opening of the Portland business to private parties by pointing out that ancap It has “more than 20 years of systematic losses” due to its current operation.
The hierarch ratified in the Parliament the importance of associating with private companies as the “only viable way out”, while, in the midst of a strong conflict with Fancap, from the broad front they questioned the possible “privatization” of the business, warned for the future of the workers and considered that the initiative is “unconstitutional”.
Regarding the accumulated losses since 2000, ancap reported that they amount to more than 760 million dollars, accounting for 433 million in operating losses and 328 million for the loss of value of the investments made.
“For more than 20 years money has been lost. All sorts of things were tried and they didn’t work. He Uruguayan market It is not enough to develop the business in a viable way”, pointed out paganini at a press conference.
For the minister, “someone is needed to give us access to regional markets and it is not ancap who can do it.” In this sense, he argued: “When one enters these concentrated markets, with great players, it is not easy to do it as a newcomer than as a player who is already there, with a strong back.”
For the Broad Front, there is a “privatization risk”
From the broad front seek that the associations of the State with private parties are approved in the Parliament. In that framework, the Frente Amplio Senator José Nunes, considered that “this is how the business is privatized”, to which he added the “uncertainty Job positions” and indicated: “It is clear that there is no obligation to absorb staff or public officials or outsourced personnel.”
As for the commitments that the associated company can assume, he observed that “there is no guarantee for how long” and he added: “It can absorb for one or two years and then stop it. We have no guarantee of stability.”
For all this, Nunes said that a response from the Court of Administrative Litigation. “If the tender is approved, the contracts are signed and then the court determines that it is unconstitutional, a series of commitments and significant costs will be generated for the State. I understand that there is no forecast,” he warned.
Source: Ambito
