MINT Files a Complaint, Demanding AOT to Reconsider the Qualification Process!
MINT had made a request to AOT to reconsider the qualification process by 17:00 on May 27, 2019.
Kaohoon has revealed in the daily newspaper of “Kaohoon Turakij” dated May 27, 2019, that on May 23, 2019, Minor International Public Company Limited (MINT) had filed a letter for clarification to Mr. Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, President of Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT), carbon copied to Mr. Wissanu Krea-ngam, Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Arkom Termpittayapaisith, Minister of Transport, Mr. Chaiwat Tongkamkoon, Director of the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP), and Lt.Gen. Jaraysak Arnupab, Chairman of the Commission of Transportation, regarding the denial of Suvarnabhumi commercial area concession from AOT.
According to AOT, the denial was due to the lack of experiences in operating retail business by itself after MINT presented Minor Food Group Public Company Limited’s work experience, which is MINT’s subsidiary. However, AOT disqualified MINT, stating that Minor Food Group is a different legal entity and not a joint venture company with MINT.
MINT asserted that the company is the major shareholder of all its subsidiaries, thus, have the right to administer and manage all subsidiary companies while every quarter’s Board of Directors meeting, MINT and its subsidiaries’ boards would proceeded the session together, showing a sufficient qualification according to AOT’s TOR.
As a result, MINT had made a request to AOT to reconsider the qualification process by 17:00 on May 27, 2019.
