Last minute: Lula will fire Prates, says website

LAST MINUTE: Lula will fire Prates, says site
Por Terra Brasil Notícias
According to information from Veja, the president of Petrobras, Jean Paul Prates, is
seeking to maintain his position with the support of Rodrigo Pacheco and others
members of the Senate. However, his departure was considered inevitable during a meeting
The discussion included advisors to President Lula and Leonardo Antonelli,
representative of the company's minority shareholders. The presidential aides stated that the decision on Prates>< dismissal was already < /> made and that he would be replaced after the election of the company's Board of Directors
, scheduled for < />25.
Antonelli suggested that Prates should be removed earlier to avoid further
>controversies, arguing that the current government has the opportunity to
appoint a successor of its choice, since it has a majority of the votes
in the council election. He warned that after the meeting on the 25th, it would be necessary ><to dismiss the newly elected board, which could repeat
problems of the previous government and negatively impact the value of the company's
shares.
The representative of the minority shareholders expressed concern about the international >< image of Petrobras due to its current management, highlighting that the < />company, valued at almost half a trillion reais, should not be managed
in an unstable way. He mentioned that the electoral process has already begun
for international shareholders and that insisting on the current management
would be detrimental to Brazil and its shareholders.
Meanwhile, Prates is trying to ensure his permanence in office and plans
discuss his situation with Lula in the coming days. The president has < />followed Prates' situation in silence and has already considered possible
replacements, with Aloizio Mercadante, head of BNDES, being one of the candidates.