This Saturday, the president of the republic declined to comment on the deputy infrastructure minister’s exoneration process, claiming that the first person he will speak to when he has full information on the matter will be the prime minister.
“I have only two things to say about this: the first is that if you refer to what happened yesterday it continued today and it continued when I was already here in Ovibeja and that’s why I don’t have complete information about it secondly if I have full information, the first person I will talk to is the Prime Minister.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa spoke to journalists during a visit to Ovibeja, which began practically at the same time as the Minister of Infrastructure declared at a press conference that he fulfilled “all the conditions” to be in government, denying and highlighting contradictions that there was cooperation with the TAP investigative committee.
“Given the facts that have happened and what they refer to, between yesterday, late afternoon, night and today, until now, until recently, I am unable to follow what happened, anything but the first person which I ‘I’m going to talk to the Prime Minister,’ he repeated.
Urged by journalists to comment on whether the Prime Minister should not have already commented on the matter, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said it was not for him to comment, insisting that what he has to say to Antonio Costa will say.
When asked if he thought it normal that the Security Information Service (SIS) found the laptop of Frederico Pinheiro, the acquitted assistant of João Galamba, the president of the republic stated again that what he has to say will tell the Prime Minister.
The Infrastructure Minister said today that he had reported the theft of the computer by the acquitted deputy to the Deputy Secretary of State to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice, after being told to report it to SIS and PJ.
Frederico Pinheiro was acquitted on Wednesday for “conduct incompatible with the duties and responsibilities” inherent in the exercise of functions in the office of Minister João Galamba, after being the target of the exchange of information reported in the media on Thursday released about the controversy at TAP.
The next day, the acquitted deputy accused the Ministry of Infrastructure of wanting to omit information to the TAP Commission of Inquiry about the “preliminary meeting” with the former CEO, allegations that João Galamba “categorically denied”, also referring to “the contrary”. “, “all documentation requested by the parliamentary committee of inquiry has been provided in full”.
Upon arrival at the Ovibeja fair, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was welcomed by a group of female teachers who carried a banner reading “For the love of education” and presented him with a book with a picture of the head of state on the cover and the last unwritten pages, singing him a song about respect for his profession.
Source: DN
