Despite refusing to comment on judicial inquiries, Marcelo indicated that it is a topic he studied in his 1985 dissertation. in an old saying I know”.
At the end of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Ismaeli Center in Lisbon, Marcelo spoke about the searches carried out by the PJ at the national headquarters of the PSD and at the home of the party’s former leader, Rui Rio , on suspicion of the crime of embezzlement and misuse of powers.
“I remember when I was PSD leader the law was different, in fact it has changed many times since the beginning of the century, but there was a problem, which has consequences, for example, the parliamentary group can decide on the vote, or there are matters that can decide the vote,” he said.
“This dual nature makes it very difficult to know the day-to-day operation and financing”. And he added: the funding legislation changed in 2010 and it has since stipulated that deputies receive funding for different purposes. And the latest version of 2015 states that each group is allocated an amount for consultancy costs to deputies and for political and party activities. It’s a gray area, and that’s where the possibility of introducing the cost of the consulting activity comes in,” he told journalists.
“It is a reflection worth doing for the future, because it is not very easy to define the boundaries, between the parliamentary group as a party body or as a parliamentary body, one has to clarify what can or cannot be,” explains out
Source: DN
