The Ministry of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security is analyzing the validity of a deal made under the supervision of the previous minister. This involves the purchase of a headquarters for the Center for Economy and Social Innovation (CEIS), for 1.2 million euros. The deal took place the day after the March 10 elections.
If it is not stopped, CEIS da Guarda will be based on the ground floor of the building, on Avenida Rainha D. Amélia, close to the city hospital.
According to the seller, the promissory contract between the center and the seller was signed first, and only then did the board of directors approve the decision – precisely one day after the legislative elections.
A document to which SIC had access shows that the subject of acquiring the property was scheduled for a meeting on March 11, after the elections that dictated the shift to the right.
The purchase and sale contract worth 1.2 million euros was, therefore, prior to the formal decision to leave the current facilities, in the Social Security building in Guarda, and within 24 hours of the defeat of the socialist government .
There had already been works
The Center for Economy and Social Innovation’s mission is to train professionals from private social solidarity institutions and, right from its inception, in April 2023, it occupied the floor that housed the extinct State Secretariat for Social Action. It had been subject to requalification in 2021, with works costing approximately 340 thousand euros.
But in the end, it wasn’t enough. CEIS will move house, as soon as the purchase and sale deed is carried out. The seller of the property revealed to SIC that it is scheduled for this Tuesday, in Lisbon, at “Casa Pronta” counter.
When asked about the case, the president of CEIS confirms the date of the purchase decision, but says that the proposal was only accepted in January and that the promissory contract is from a later date.
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