The socialist parliamentary leader said on Wednesday there is a new front in the fight against the government and accused the PSD of wanting to rewrite the history of Banif, a process in which Passos Coelho’s executive “has a record”.
These allegations were made by Eurico Brilhante Dias, hours after PSD parliamentary leader Joaquim Miranda Sarmento said he would decide whether to proceed with a parliamentary inquiry into the relationship between the governments of António Costa and the Bank of Portugal.” in light of the answers” of the Prime Minister to the questions put by the Social Democrats.
Joaquim Miranda Sarmento said that after the book based on the testimonies of the former governor of the Banco de Portugal, Carlos Costa, the PSD felt it was ready “a series of revelations about the relationship of the Prime Minister of Banco de Portugal in banking”🇧🇷
“Whether it’s the influence the Prime Minister tried to have with the Bank of Portugal for the appointment of engineer Isabel dos Santos in the administration [do BIC]or at Banif”gave up.
In response to this PSD position, Eurico Brilhante Dias considered this in a press conference in parliament “There is a clear desire not only to rewrite history, to see if the Portuguese have already forgotten what happened [com o Banif]because there is also a new front against the PS and against the government”🇧🇷
“All tools are being used, even those that involve rewriting history, to rescue some characters whose acts and omissions have caused great harm to the country in the recent past, especially in the government between 2011 and 2015 led by Pedro Passos Rabbit “orphan.
Eurico Brilhantes Dias, who was rapporteur of the Commission of Inquiry into the Banif solution process in the penultimate legislature, defended that the Social Democrats are now trying “get rid of your responsibilities” in the Banif process.
“On November 26, 2015, after taking office, the first government led by António Costa, in order to guarantee the stability of the Portuguese financial system, urgently needed to find a solution [o Banif] until December 31 of that year. According to a letter from the then governor of Banco de Portugal, Carlos Costa, on December 4, Banif was on the verge of liquidation in 2016.he said.
In that letter of December 4, also according to the party chairman of the PS, Carlos Costa, he warned that, “if the Bank is liquidated by the Single Resolution Mechanism in 2016, savers, individuals and micro, small and medium-sized companies with more than 100 thousand euros in the account could be called upon to pay for the liquidation and ultimately the resolution of the Bank”🇧🇷
“The responsibility to continually postpone the solution of the Banif problem until the elections [legislativas de outubro de 2015]pushing forward with the belly, the circumstance of the hypothesis of liquidation of the bank, comes from the PPD/PSD of Pedro Passos Coelho”maintained the PS parliamentary leader and added former finance ministers Vítor Gaspar and Maria Luís Albuquerque to the list of culprits.
A business cycle, said Eurico Brilhante Dias, whose governor of Banco de Portugal was doctor Carlos Costa.
Source: DN
