will be a… “meteoric” promotionand, if confirmed, “would it be a a deeply ominous internal messagebecause he is someone who has never held leadership positions in the Defense Strategic Information Service (SIED)”.
This is one of many fear responses triggered by sources tracking the secret’s activity, heard by the DN, when faced with one of the names that will be on the table to rise to assistant director, the number two of these external arm. of the Information System of the Portuguese Republic (SIRP).
He is a former analyst of this service, where joined by former director Jorge Silva Carvalho in 2010 – at the same time as the appointed Director, Plenipotentiary Minister Pedro Marinho da Costa was diplomatic advisor to the then Prime Minister José Sócrates.
Until recently he was an information officer (“antennae”) in Kiev, Ukraine – he was replaced and is currently on vacation – and the the fact that he never held a leadership position in SIED, nor had any experience in operations, is the main argument for criticism.
In the secret cases, this choice is taken for granted, according to information collected by this newspaper, although it has not yet been officially confirmed. interrogated the offices of the prime minister and general secretary of the SIRP did not respond.
Yet a government source assured DN that The nomination for number two is not yet closed and that, as we had reported, can Teresa still help Pimentel move forwardalso a member of the service, currently in the office of Graça Mira Gomes, the general secretary, but who has already held management positions in SIED and will not be of much concern.
“gold boys”
In common have Teresa Pimentel and the other name (we haven’t revealed it yet, because if it’s not mentioned, it’s a secret in current features) both diplomat parentsin this case retired ambassadors.
So is the former “antenna” in Kiev brother of a secretary of state’s chief of staff and before entering the SIED, he passed through it various posts associated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE). Despite not being a diplomat, his obvious family and professional ties provide another argument for critics of the so-called diplomatic “lobby”which will therefore be strengthened.
according to you curriculum note published in Diário da República, was technical adviser to the Permanent Representation of Portugal to the European Union (REPER) during the Portuguese Presidency; assistant in the office of a MEP with activities in the fields of Constitutional Affairs, Foreign Affairs and Security and Defence; Chief of Cabinet at the Delegation of Portugal to NATO; and specialized technician in the field of cooperation in the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
This was the case in the SIED one of Silva Carvalho’s nickname “golden boys”which matched a range of about twenty new recruits hired at the time.
He started as an analyst in the Europe – America department, but six years later he returned to REPER, this time as an ‘antenna’ in Brussels.
With the opening of a post in Kiev last year, his appointment came as a surprise. “It’s a framework with qualities, like everyone who came in at the same time, but not in the top 10as all his contemporaries know, which will undermine his authority,” reveals a former leader who led him.
“Nefarious Internal Message”
“He has talent as an analyst, but still lacks the maturity and organizational knowledge to be a superior leader. If that happens it would be a big mistake and a a deeply ominous internal message. Not even the division director was on duty. The driving reality of SIED is much more complex. An “aerial” task is very specific, and even more so an isolated task, limiting the knowledge of an organization as a whole. It will be a big mistake and loss of a capable future leader”, completes another old top picture.
That is why a scenario arises where this board could rise to the top of the hierarchy new shock wave. The first was when the name Pedro Marinho da Costa was presented, this one without any connection to the services, but in the line of former director Carlos Pires (current Secretary of Defense) also a diplomat.
The ‘spies’ expected to see the current number two, Major General Melo Gomes, one of the most experienced and respected members of the SIED, with extensive experience in operations. The army had already passed when Carlos Pires entered, in 2019. This time he did not conform and decided to slam the door, as DN already reported.
This Wednesday is the Pedro Marinho da Costa’s qualifications will be evaluated at a joint hearing of the Constitutional Affairs and Defense committees.
Marinho da Costa is part of the family circle of his possible number two, through the aforementioned chief of staff he was also at REPER and was director of Institutional Affairs Services, at the General Directorate of European Affairs, including at the MNO, such as that of director of ceremonial services, displacements, dispensations and privileges, of the state protocol.
Source: DN
