the socialist councilors
from the Chamber of Silves argue that, "as a matter of urgency", the administration of Banco BIC (former BPN) should be asked for a meeting to clarify their position regarding the loans taken out by the workers of the former Alicoop, now owned by the Nogueira Group.
The problem is that the workers of the Alicoop group «continue to be called upon to settle the debts related to the loan taken out by them, which, at the time, aimed to finance the Alicoop group's treasury, despite the fact that, in the insolvency plan, the new owners assumed the settlement of this loan», explain the opposition councilors.
This process has dragged on since 2009, and the position of BIC bank, formerly BPN, “to ignore what was established in the midst of insolvency has not been clear, nor acceptable”, they stress.
The socialist council considers that this position of the BIC bank "should be clarified and coincide with what was defined in the Insolvency Plan, and that it will do everything to ensure that this process is clarified among all interested parties."
For this reason, the socialist councilors proposed, at a Chamber meeting, that the municipal executive, chaired by the social democrat Rogério Pinho, «request a meeting in Lisbon with the administration of the BIC bank, with the presence of Grupo Nogueira, of the workers' commission, the council of CMS to clarify the position of BIC bank in relation to the loans taken out by the workers, in light of what is stated in the Insolvency Plan and in the will assumed by the Nogueira Group, now owner of Alicoop».
PS/Silves recalls that “when, in mid-2011, during the last Meeting of Creditors, a proposal for an Insolvency Plan for Grupo Alicoop was approved, workers breathed relief, as this same Plan provided for payment by the new management of the debts contracted by them with BPN, aiming to finance the Alicoop Group's Treasury».
However, according to Luís Alves, an advisor to the Administration of Grupo Nogueira, to Correio da Manhã, "the funny thing is that we want to pay and BIC does not want to receive".
And, in fact, despite being included in the Insolvency Plan approved and assumed by the company's new managers, "workers continue to receive letters not from the infamous BPN but now from BIC, requesting the regularization of overdue and unpaid benefits under penalty of termination of these credit agreements'.
Therefore, the socialists consider that «the lives of many families cannot continue suspended any longer», stressing that «the BIC, the bank that succeeded BPN, has to clarify its position regarding the loans taken out by the workers of the Alicoop Group /Alisuper that fell directly into the employer's bank accounts».
adjusted at 15:04, replacing the name of the bank in question, which is BIC and not BIG, as stated in the PS/Silves press release.
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