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Those involved in the Americanas default will be heard by the Senate on the 28th.

The Economic Affairs Committee approved requests to hear from five individuals involved in the case, as well as the president of Febraban and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

From left to right: Carlos Alberto Sicupira, Paulo Lemann and Marcel Telles (Photo: Press Release/Americanas)

247 - The Senate's Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) approved an invitation for those involved in the Lojas Americanas case to provide clarifications regarding the accounting 'errors' that led the company to file for bankruptcy protection. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 28th.

According to a information According to O Antagonista, the committee approved two requests. The first, presented by Senator Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), invites former CEO Miguel Gomes Pereira Sarmiento Gutierrez, directors Anna Christina Ramos Saicalio, José Timotheo de Barros and Marcio Cruz Meirelles, former CEO Sergio Rial, and the president of the Brazilian Federation of Banks (Febraban), Isaac Sidney, to provide clarifications.

The second request asks that the president of the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), João Pedro Nascimento, be heard.