BE demanded that the Intermunicipal Community of the Aveiro Region revoke the transport concession to Busway for “participating in the genocide in Gaza”, since it is owned by an Israeli capital company.
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The Left Bloc demanded this Thursday, in a statement, that the Intermunicipal Community of the Aveiro Region (CIRA) revoke the public transport concession to Busway, an Israeli capital company.
“The Left Bloc considers it intolerable that the Aveiro Region maintains a concession with a company that actively participates in the ongoing genocidal war effort in Gaza and in the illegal occupation of settlements,” the statement states.
Contacted by Lusa, the president of CIRA, Joaquim Batista considered the Bloc’s declaration “ridiculous and irresponsible”because the Portuguese legal system does not contemplate the causes of termination.
Joaquim Batista says that, therefore, if what the Bloc defends were done, “economic and even criminal responsibilities” would arise.
“It is an irresponsible position because, even if this were hypothetically possible, we would be depriving the population of an absolutely essential public transport service for at least a year, until a new public tender can be held, which could even be won again by Busway,” he criticized.
According to the blockers, Busway is the commercial name of the company that operates in the region through the concession to Nativ Express Public Transport, which is 50% owned by the Noy Fund.
In the statement of BE claims that this Israeli infrastructure fund “participated in the consortium that built and manages an Israeli military training campin the Negev region and the company is also involved in the construction of illegal settlements and the wall and barriers surrounding the Gaza Strip.”
The president of the CIRA only says that he understands the declaration of the blockade as a way to draw public attention to the escalation of the armed conflict in the Middle East.
“Then we can move forward, admitting that Israel is largely the engine of the growth of this escalation, but we cannot confuse the edge of the road with the edge of the road: one thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other,” Joaquim concluded. . Cambric.
Source: Observadora
