Africa-Press – Cape verde. The VIII UNTC-CS Congress takes place this Wednesday, March 9th, despite the opposing voices of the unions that are part of the Platform Unite and Rescue UNTC-CS, as well as a group of former leaders of the union central. Criticized, Joaquina Almeida points the finger at the management of Júlio Ascensão Silva and promises to present documents. The latter challenges it, in turn, to present the accounts of its management of more than 30 years.
The days leading up to the VIII Congress of the National Union of Trade Unions of Cape Verde – Trade Union Central (UNTC-CS), were marked by an atmosphere of tension and discord between the secretary general, Joaquina Almeida, and the Platform Unite and Rescue UNTC-CS , as well as with a group of former leaders, who asked for the suspension of the event.
At stake are, above all, the “unnecessary and artificial internal conflicts” created and the impediment of participation in the congress, due to allegedly delayed quota, of members of national bodies (National Council, Disciplinary Council and Audit Committee of Accounts), and of , at least 10 of the most representative unions in the country, affiliated to UNTC-CS.
The document’s signatories, including Júlio Ascensão Silva (former secretary-general), asked that the Congress be suspended, to be held later, respecting the UNTC-CS statutes.
The same attempt was made by the Platform Unite and Rescue UNTC-CS, but without success, since an injunction to prevent the holding of the congress should have been filed before the National Council Meeting, which scheduled the event.
It remains now, according to the platform’s president, Eliseu Tavares, to challenge the congress, after it has taken place. Joaquina Almeida accuses Ascensão Silva
Faced with the request for cancellation of the congress, made by former leaders, the Secretary General of UNTC-CS, Joaquina Almeida, in statements on Tuesday morning, to RCV, promised to bring documents on the management of the former leader of the Trade Union Central, Júlio Ascensão Silva, during his 30 years at the helm of the organization.
Joaquina Almeida urged Ascensão Silva to “keep quiet”, instead of, as he said, stirring up riots within the union central, adding that the former leader missed the opportunity to remain silent, while waiting for the court’s verdict on his management. of over 30 years.
The accusation also extended to alleged attempts to influence the current management for their own benefit, and to have enjoyed “the good and the best” of the trade union central.
“She who has the courage to give an account”
Sought by A NAÇÃO, Júlio Ascensão Silva proved to be “completely calm” in relation to his management at the head of the trade union central, and challenged the general secretary, Joaquina Almeida, to come forward to present the documents that he allegedly has in his disfavor.
“I am calmly waiting for this interview of yours with the documents that you say you have and I only hope that it will be with an audit that you threatened me with, and that I have been waiting for more than five years”, he said, adding that if the intention of the SG is to silence your voice, it can “get your horse out of the rain”.
This is because, as he said, the accounts of the mandates in which he was in charge of the UNTC-CS were all always presented and approved by the competent body, which is the National Council, in addition to having always had the favorable opinion of the Accounts Supervisory Board, all done with total transparency, “contrary to what is happening at the moment, in which she remained throughout her term without reporting a single account to the National Council”.
It also challenges it to have the courage to publicly present what it inherited from its management, both in patrimonial and financial terms, and to be accountable to the National Council. This is an article to check out in full, in this week’s edition of Jornal A Nação, available tomorrow, Thursday, 10.
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