The president of the republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said on Thursday that the new secretary of state for agriculture has been politically weakened by the publicized case of the joint accounts arrest with her husband.
“Clearly it’s a negative political weight,” the president said of the matter, which went public the day after taking office.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Republic, stressed that, taking into account the known data, there is no situation of illegality or unconstitutionality, nor does he believe that “republican ethics” are at stake. a political burden.
“From the point of view of the law, she has not been accused, accused … At this point there is no question of unconstitutionality,” he said, adding: “It is clear that it is a negative political weight”.
When asked if the official should be fired, Marcelo said only that people should, in the abstract, have the ability to self-analyze if they are able to perform their duties, especially nowadays when scrutiny and requirements are much higher than “10 or 20 years ago”.
Source: DN
