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Businessman commits suicide during event attended by minister and governor of Sergipe. The seminar was canceled by Minister Bento Albuquerque, who was to speak about gas.
Gaucho businessman Sadi Paulo Castiel Gitz, from Escurial ceramics, committed suicide during an event in Aracaju, capital of Sergipe, on the morning of this Thursday, July 4th. The Government of the State of Sergipe regretted what happened through a public note.
The event would discuss aspects related to the production and supply of gas in Sergipe, the strategies of the Federal and State Government for the area, in addition to the vision of institutions and companies involved in the theme. The Minister of Mines and Energy, Bento Albuquerque, was present at the event.
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Due to the incident, the Opportunities Symposium was cancelled, the government announced in a public note.
At the moment the businessman shot himself in the head, the governor of Sergipe, Belivaldo Chagas, was speaking. The information is that he would have stood up and pronounced "Belivaldo, you are a big liar", then shot.
According to information, in May the ceramics factory, which Sadi was CEO, located in the municipality of Nossa Senhora do Socorro, in Greater Aracaju, began the hibernation process.
According to the company's management, the company had lost more than 600 direct and indirect jobs. The determining reason for the hibernation process, according to the company, was the price of gas charged by Sergipe Gás (Sergas), the concessionaire of the State Government.
about the businessman
Born in Porto Alegre, Sadi Gitz has a degree in Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration. Postgraduate in Naval Engineering and Safety Engineering from PUC in Rio Grande do Sul, with an MBA in Management from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
In public service, he worked at the Superintendence of Transport and Traffic (SMTT) and at the Municipal Urban Services Company (Emsurb). Former president of the Commercial and Business Association of Sergipe (Acese), he is currently the CEO of Cerâmica Sergipe S/A, founded by him in 1986.
