City Hall of Carregal do Sal
The House sold the land to Euroralex, the former president’s company, at a substantially cheaper price than it paid for the lot a year earlier. The former supply disputes the annulment of the sale and requires compensation.
The City Council of Carregal do Sal, in the district of Viseu, approved, one month of the municipal elections of 2021, Sale of an industrial lot To a confidence company, Euroralex, for a price lower than the municipality had paid a year earlier.
The business is arousing suspicion of favoring because the then mayor, Rogério Abrantes (PS), was simultaneously chairman of the Board of Directors and holder of 92% of Eurolex shares. The municipality also bought the land at 3.5 euros per square meter, but sold it a year later at 2 euros per square meter, advances the.
The House also assumed costs and procedures that were the responsibility of the company. The land, which had already been sold in 2007 to a company in the Global Wines group, was repurchased by the House by 2020 by 36 659 euros, before being placed again for sale at a substantially lower price.
The current mayor, Paulo Catalino (PS), elected in 2021, contested the decision and made a complaint to the prosecutorclaiming that the business had been motivated by “private interests.” In March 2022, the Judicial Police searched municipal services and Euroralex as a result of an open inquiry into the case. A month later, the Chamber annulled the sale deliberation
Euroralex, dissatisfied with the nullity of the sale, filed a lawsuit against the House, requesting the realization of the business under the terms approved in 2021, and a compensation of 522 thousand eurosalleging losses related to planned investments for the terrain. The company justified that the lowest price was the usual value practiced by the municipality and that the refusal of the sale aimed to harm its expansion plans.
In addition, the municipality argues that the business favored private interests from Euroralex, with direct connection to the former president, and that the sale of the land was not properly substantiated. The case continues to be investigated and the former author, Rogério Abrantes, remains silent. Eurorax is one of the largest employers in the region, with 230 workers and positive financial results.
