Africa-Press – Cape verde. The President of the Republic of Cape Verde, José Maria Neves, clarified yesterday that he enacted with reservations the diploma granting the management of airports to VINCI, by direct agreement and defended that a public tender should have been carried out.
Cited by RCV, JMN recalled that the business was only attractive, nowadays, because of the large investments made in the country’s airports over the years.
The Head of State argues that there should have been a public tender, given the scale of the business in question.
“It is an attractive business, thanks to the huge investments that have been made, but in businesses of this magnitude, it is essential to have a public tender and to have the possibility for everyone to discuss the issues”, he defended.
Therefore, in addition to advocating, not only that there should be a public tender, the Head of Government also said that they asked that “all the procedural documents” be published “for the clarification of public opinion”.
“It is essential that everyone is informed and that everyone has the same level of information and that everyone wins in relation to this and other business that the State may do”.
the concession
It is recalled that the Government decided to award the concession of the public airport service to support civil aviation at the four international airports and three aerodromes to the Vinci Airports group. million euros with the award of the airport management concession. According to the minister, after 40 years of concession, all infrastructure made available to the Vinci Airports group will return to the State of Cape Verde.
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