The Prime Minister, António Costa, reiterated his confidence in his finance minister, Fernando Medina, on Friday after attending the Portugal-Cape Verde handball match in Gothenburg.
When asked by RTP if he maintains confidence in the finance minister, António Costa replied: “Yes, in the finance minister, in our national team, in the president of the federation and in the capacity that Portugal will have to keep fighting for the best possible result here at the World Cup.”
Despite the brief statement he made with a smile, the president refused to raise issues of national politics in Gothenburg.
In parliament on Thursday, the PSD opined that Fernando Medina “does not have the political authority to be finance minister” and “manage public funds”, arguing that he “never knows anything” neither in government nor when he was mayor of Lisbon.
The PSD parliamentary leader spoke to journalists shortly after Fernando Medina announced he had asked to be heard by the Attorney General’s Office as part of the trial that led to searches of the Lisbon Chamber on Tuesday. while claiming to be “absolutely” unaware of the ongoing investigation.
The position of the social democrats led the chairman of the PS bank, Eurico Brilhante Dias, to accuse the PSD parliamentary leader of “low populism” and of contributing to feeding the far right by suing the finance minister. fall and the investigations in Lisbon Chamber.
The Chamber of Lisbon confirmed on Wednesday that searches were carried out in the Urban Planning Department, but sent further clarifications to the judicial authorities.
On Thursday, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) told Lusa that the case that led to Tuesday’s search at the Urban Planning Department of the Lisbon Chamber “has no established suspects” and is subject to secrecy.
According to TVI / CNN Portugal, it concerns “the violation of the rules for hiring a historic PS from Castelo Branco for the purpose of managing public works in the capital”.
Source: DN
