Chega will propose that the Prime Minister provide written explanations to the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into TAP as to whether or not there is an opinion justifying the resignation of the company’s former chief executive.
In a press conference at Chega’s headquarters, André Ventura indicated that the party will “maintain in the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry the request for all documents to be delivered, namely, relating to the legal opinion or legal documentation” that justified the president’s resignation. – director and the ‘chairman’ of TAP.
“We are going to ask that António Costa be heard in writing, as provided for in the rules, on this matter and we again call on the Prime Minister to confirm or not confirm the existence of legal documentation on TAP, regarding the dismissal of several of are managers and managers, and confidence is maintained in their ministers who seem to contradict each other every day”announced Chega’s president.
André Ventura opined that in the interview he gave to RTP on Sunday evening, the Prime Minister “had the opportunity to explain once and for all the rubbish seen successively at TAP, he chose not to”.
“Yesterday the Prime Minister had the opportunity to explain why the ministers lied, why the divisions within the government have become more acute and why the government continues to hide documents from the parliamentary inquiry committee TAP,” he defended.
Ventura pointed out that António Costa “refused to talk about all this, in generic paragons, and without giving a single explanation for the things that follow each other in government”, nor about “the issues that really interest the Portuguese and about the juggling of the PS government and the PS faction in the parliamentary committee of inquiry of TAP”.
The Chega leader also called for the intervention of the President of the Republic, “so that the government does not feel free to do as it pleases in this matter”.
On Wednesday, the government justified its refusal to send the legal opinions supporting the resignation of the company’s former executive president to TAP’s Commission of Inquiry on the need to “protect the public interest”.
In a note to the Lusa bureau, the office of Deputy Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Ana Catarina Mendes, claims that “the opinion in question does not fall within the scope of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI)” and “its disclosure carries risks contributes to the defense of the legal position of the State”.
On Thursday, Finance Minister Fernando Medina stated at a parliamentary hearing that there is “no additional advice” to justify the resignation of TAP’s ‘chairman’ and chairman of the executive committee (CEO), beyond what stems from the report of the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF).
“There is no opinion, the idea that there would be an opinion… there is no opinion beyond what is the basis of the ground for dismissal, which is more than enough for those who read it, about the judgment of the Finance Inspectorate” said Fernando Medina.
Source: DN
