2002: The first version of my dismissal

In the previous publications, we saw that I sought to use every internal mechanism available within the Company itself.

First, I sent a formal letter to the CEO of AGIP do Brasil.

After receiving no response, I turned to Eni's Ethics Committee, exactly as provided for by the ENI Group's Code of Ethics.

Only after that communication did I receive the Company's first official response.

On 19 February 2002, the CEO of AGIP do Brasil replied to the e-mail that I had addressed to the Ethics Committee.

This response occupies an important place in the chronology because it represents the Company's first formal institutional statement regarding the circumstances surrounding my dismissal.

Regardless of any conclusion, every historical reconstruction requires that the different versions of events be preserved and examined together with the documents from which they originated. That is precisely the documentary exercise this series seeks to undertake.

In his message, the CEO stated that my dismissal had not resulted from a "breach of trust", but rather from an "administrative and organizational restructuring" of the Cuiabá Regional Office.

The message also states that my employment was terminated without cause and notes that certain benefits were voluntarily maintained by the Company after my dismissal.

Finally, it asserts that any reference to the Eni Group's Code of Ethics was unnecessary, adding that the Code "has always been and will always remain the guiding principle of all our actions".

That response became a permanent part of the chronology of this case.

Not because it resolved the issues previously raised.

But because, from that moment onward, there was a formal institutional position adopted by the Company regarding the events.

Once again, the purpose of this publication is not to debate that response.
It is simply to document that this was Eni's first official version of the circumstances surrounding my dismissal.

In the upcoming publications, this institutional position will be examined alongside the chronology and the documentary evidence produced over the years.

Because the reconstruction of events does not depend on interpretations.

It depends on the sequence of the documents.

Because, from this point forward, the documents will continue to speak for themselves.

To be continued next week.


✅ Learn more:

1️⃣ E-mail from the CEO of AGIP do Brasil (19 February 2002):
🔹 Original Portuguese Version – Email reply from the CEO of Agip do Brasil – February 19, 2002
🔹 English Version

2️⃣ Chronology of Facts for the Reconstruction of Events

3️⃣ Memorial (1999 - 2025)