The chairman of the union, Adv. Sharit Golan, and the CEO of the union, Dr. Lehi Shahar Berman: the commitment concerns only the current controlling owners of the company and that there is no commitment on behalf of the new investors in relation to the government's decision to evacuate the complex
The Association of Cities for the Protection of the Environment, Haifa Bay Area recorded an important achievement in the fight to vacate Zan in accordance with Government Resolution 1231 of March 6.3.22, XNUMX. The controlling owners of the petrochemical company who wish to purchase the shares in Zan pledged to report immediately to the Securities Authority and the Stock Exchange to act in accordance with the decision and to promote her.
In the letter issued this evening by the union and signed by the chairman of the union, Attorney Sharit Golan, and the union's CEO, Dr. Lehi Shahar Berman, the two point out that despite the satisfaction with the statement, there are still many gaps between the statements and reality.
In the letter, Attorney Golan and Dr. Shahar Berman state that according to the report submitted to the Securities Authority and the Stock Exchange, it appears that the commitment concerns only the current controlling owners of the company and that there is no commitment on behalf of the new investors in relation to the government's decision to vacate the complex, therefore, since new investors will come in, the union demands Because the obligation reported to the stock exchange will also apply to the new investors.
In addition, Attorney Golan and Dr. Berman demand in their letter that there be maximum transparency towards potential buyers of the bonds, as well as the current bond holders, and that the issue of promoting the strategy of clearing the Gulf of polluted industry and improving the quality of life of the Gulf's residents be clearly reflected and is made clear already in the preliminary stages before the issuance.
In conclusion, the authors of the letter point out that there has been a stagnation in the establishment of production facilities and in the processes of industrial renewal in the complex, and this in the last 4 years. Meanwhile, in practice, the planning committees do not approve requests to promote plans for the establishment or upgrading of production facilities in the Bezan Group factories. This, against the background of the decision of the National Planning and Construction Council of May 10.05.2022, 75 to promote a national outline plan (TAMA XNUMX) for the revival of Haifa Bay .
Attorney Sharit Golan, chairman of the union: "Despite the great achievement in the statement submitted to the stock exchange and the Securities Authority, the union lacks confidence in the sincerity of the intentions of the bond holders, we will fight here for the public's right to breathe clean air, and the legal correspondence and exercises here will not help." .
Lapid signed off on the transfer of control of Bazan
Prime Minister Yair Lapid surprised the green organizations when he signed the permit for the sale of Bezan to the group of petrochemical plants. The plants next to the refineries actually fed on the refineries' products and were complicit in the pollution. In addition to all that, the sale was conducted with a haircut of one billion shekels from the public.
The Prime Minister's Office: The government will continue to work to stop the petrochemical industry in Haifa Bay within a decade (Government Resolution No. 1231), regardless of the identity of the controlling owners of Bezan.
The announcement of the Prime Minister's Office also states: "The request to sign the permit was received by the Prime Minister's Office a few days ago (1/9). The Prime Minister's Office, led by the office's CEO Naama Shultz, is examining the control permit and will not make a decision on the issue before the court's decision regarding the debt settlement requested by the company. In any case, the Prime Minister's Office is committed to implementing the government's decision from March, led by Prime Minister Yair Lapid, which stated that The petrochemical activity in the Haifa Bay must be stopped and a plan to develop infrastructure and economic growth engines in the Bay must be promoted within a decade."
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What is stopping the residents of the Gulf and the municipality of Haifa Acre and the region from buying securities and taking control of the BZN and the other polluters and making decisions that will improve their lives and the region?! ..