Bruno Aragão indicated this Friday to the TAP Commission of Inquiry that the Portuguese who ask for conclusions “donate to those who hurt”, since it is not necessary at the moment to extend their work.
The socialist deputy addressed the journalists and first welcomed the fact that he had again “talked about TAP” in this investigative committee, as the past two weeks have shown that it “absolutely different if the discussion takes place about it”, at the end of the hearing of the Secretary of State for Finance João Nuno Mendes that took place this Friday.
When asked about Chega’s request to extend the work of this committee for another three months, Bruno Aragão replied that “at the moment nothing indicates a need to extend the work”, recalling that “there was a consensus on the calender”. must be met and that “every effort has been made by all parties to ensure that the hearings take place as planned”.
The socialist also said that the party’s request to rehear João Galamba and his chief of staff will be rejected outright..
“There is something we feel, we have been feeling it for a while. The Portuguese are asking us for conclusions and here I would use the Prime Minister’s words, no matter who it hurts,” he stressed.
According to Bruno Aragão, “after 43 hearings, more than two months of listening to people, reading documents, trying to put together the different parts of this process”, being asked to “conclude what you need to conclude”.
“Make them transparent, present them, have the debate about them that should be done with the serenity that should be done. Close the process,” he defended.
Given that “the conclusions are drawn at the end”, for the socialist this week was “very enlightening, especially in two moments where there was some doubt”.
“For 2015, we now have a clear picture of what were two foundational pieces to that reprivatization that took place in the last month of that process: the letters of consolation that allow the state to guarantee the company’s debt and that lead to the Court’s assertion that, despite the privatization of 61%, the state resembles a single shareholder,” he said.
For the PS, another fundamental piece is the “opinion that supports the Airbus funds that were a fundamental piece to take advantage of TAP”.
“One piece that was missing was how a series of decisions were made leading to the state’s option to allocate 3.2 billion euros to a strategic company for Portugal,” he said.
Source: DN
