The Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira.| Photo: Roque de Sá/Agência Senado.

The Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, said this Monday (15) that the renationalization of Eletrobras is not on the agenda of the federal government. According to him, this idea was considered by the government at first, but is no longer up for debate. The minister said that the government intends to question the proportionality of the Union’s participation in the company’s management.

“Not on the agenda [a reestatização]. This was actually the first internal debate in government. But I understand that this debate was won when the government decided on the second path, which was to have effective participation,” said Silveira, reported Agência Brasil. Earlier this month, the Attorney General’s Office (AGU) questioned in the Federal Supreme Court (STF) parts of the privatization of Eletrobras.

The minister stated that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), at the beginning of his term, even asked that a possible renationalization of the company be studied, “but, after much debate, the conclusion was reached that, in As a first step, the most appropriate thing would be to re-establish the proportional political rights of the Union”. According to the minister, the government does not intend to regain majority control of the company.

“Especially because there are instruments, in the privatization law itself, that prevent it from being so”. Silveira reiterated that the government has 43% of the shares and only one board member, out of a total of nine. of the company makes it possible for the government to have only one candidate for the Board of Directors “on a ticket registered to be able to have a maximum of one representative on the board and may even have none.” “What the government questions is a proportionality of participation”, he added .