The PSD parliamentary leader spoke to journalists in parliament shortly after Fernando Medina announced he had asked to be heard as part of the trial that led to searches in the Lisbon Chamber on Tuesday, although he was “definitely” not on the record. is aware of the research in Cursus.
“I am glad that is the case. The point of the PSD is not about justice, let justice do its job. Our point is political, on the political point the finance minister has not given the clarifications that the country is demanding. the minister does not have the political weight, the political authority to exercise the functions of finance minister.” said Joaquim Miranda Sarmento.
The PSD parliamentary leader pointed out that Medina “never knows anything: “I didn’t know what was going on in the Lisbon Chamber when I was mayor and now as finance minister he never continues to know anything,” he said.
“He does not have the political authority required in the main portfolio of governance, to be the manager of public funds and to control the government and other ministries from a budgetary point of view, because when he was in other positions, he has no such concern spent on public money, said.
When asked whether the PSD defends the resignation of the finance minister, Miranda Sarmento referred responsibility for that decision to the prime minister.
“If the ministers are a negative weight to the government, they ultimately fall under the responsibility of the prime minister. The PSD understands that Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer does not currently have the conditions to exercise that very important governance role,” he said.
When asked whether the PSD is already anticipating the conclusions of the judiciary, the social-democratic parliamentary leader answered in the negative.
“It is for the judiciary to judge whether or not the acts committed are lawful. We say that, from a political point of view, a finance minister who never knows anything and in matters related to the management and control of public funds , do not have the political authority to impose this control on the other ministries”, said.
Miranda Sarmento did not rule out asking for a new parliamentary hearing from Fernando Medina, but recalled that the minister was in the Assembly of the Republic last week due to a mandatory nomination by the Social Democrats.
Source: DN
