Chega’s president announced on Friday that the party will propose the creation of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the hydrogen and lithium sectors at the beginning of the next parliamentary term.
Speaking to journalists, André Ventura believed that “regardless of who wins the elections” on March 10, it would be important for parliament to listen to those involved, stating that these companies “have foreign elements that deserve to be to be investigated”.
“If Chega has enough deputies for a potential investigative committee, we will move forward at the beginning of the next term,” he indicated.
André Ventura also commented on a report by the newspaper Nascer do Sol, which states that the government has issued a decree to simplify permitting procedures for urban planning, territorial planning and industry, which could allegedly allow the defendants of Operation Influencer acquit, and that was drawn up by João Tiago Silveira, one of the defendants.
The President of Chega appealed to the President of the Republic to ask the Office of the Attorney General (PGR) for “an opinion on the present decree to confirm whether the proclamation would have any impact on Operation Influencer” and “ not to promulgate this decree until there is sufficient clarity about its effects”.
Also, the IL leader spoke with journalists in the Assembly of the Republic to the Expresso news, according to which the Prime Minister had considered resigning from his position before the PGR released the statement that António Costa would be the target of an investigation by the High Council. Court.
Rui Rocha believed that this news shows that the statement that it was “justice that brought down a government” is incorrect, as it indicates that the Prime Minister himself recognized that everything that happened on November 7 was enough to justify the dismissal present.
Considering that the claim that Costa resigned over the statement is “a new attempt to interfere with the rule of law,” Rui Rocha appealed to “responsible political actors” to let the judicial authorities do their work and not “the time to put politics aside.” of justice”.
Also, when speaking to journalists about the authorship of the paragraph that led to the Prime Minister’s resignation, Livre’s only deputy, Rui Tavares, was of the opinion that decisions that affect the fate of the country “or even the fate of the regime ‘ cannot ‘just be signed by a press’. office,” calling for a quick explanation.
Portugal will hold early parliamentary elections on March 10, 2024, scheduled by the President of the Republic, following the resignation of the Prime Minister.
António Costa is the target of an investigation by the MP at the Supreme Court, after suspects in the lawsuit put forward his name because he intervened to unblock procedures in the companies under investigation, namely in the approval of a diploma beneficial to the interests of the Startcampus company.
In the statement he made to the country, António Costa declared that he was “with his head held high” and a “clear conscience” but argued that “the dignity of the role of Prime Minister is not compatible with any presumption of his integrity, his good conduct and, even less, with suspicion of committing a criminal offence”.
Source: DN
