Montenegro insists that Costa has “explanations to the country” about the execution of the “secret”

The SDP chairman this Monday insisted that the prime minister have “explanations for the country” on revealing the “secret” in the case of the return of a computer belonging to a former government deputy, not excluding the commission. investigations in the future.

Speaking to reporters at the entrance to the PSD Parliament Days dinner in Funchal, Luis Montenegro responded to António Costa, who this Monday rejected the contradiction between his version that he did not know in advance about the activities of the SIS. (Security Information Service) and statements by Minister Joao Galamba.

“I consider this case serious, I believe that the country lacks explanations, neither from those who are in charge of information services, nor from those who have political tutelage, who is the prime minister,” Montenegro said. , believing that “it is not enough for me to tell the Prime Minister that everything went well”, because “everyone saw that everything went wrong”.

The SDP chairman stated that it was necessary to know “who called the secret services, why they called them” and “whether or not there is an order to guarantee someone” the work of the government.

“If there is, then the services were instrumental, if not, and if they acted of their own free will, then the services are in the sphere of dependence, I would even say, subordination to members of the government, which to explain,” he thought.

When asked if the issue justified the creation of a commission of inquiry – after the SDP parliamentary leader said the party would vote for Chega and IL’s proposals and was considering whether it had an initiative of its own – Luis Montenegro insisted again in Costa’s explanation.

“If there are no such answers, I have already said that we do not rule out other opportunities to be able to contribute so that the country knows the truth, no matter who it hurts, even if the pain is in the government and next to the Prime Minister,” said He.

This Monday, in statements to journalists, António Costa said of the case: “I didn’t have any prior knowledge and I didn’t need to (…) SIS didn’t inform me of anything, no one from the government was informed of anything, no one from the government gave orders, and even SIS did not have to inform [o Governo] about nothing, because this is not the level of guardianship. And what is the nature of the operation? It was just a routine operation, and, as a rule, the secret services do not inform the prime minister about operations before they are carried out,” the prime minister said.