Alexandra Reis says she will “immediately refund” the amount outside of “strict enforcement of the law.”

Alexandra Reis, current secretary of state at the Treasury Department, said today that she never accepted, and that she would return “immediately” if she was paid, any amount that she felt was not in line with the “strict law” at her departure. from TAP.

In a written statement sent to Lusa, Alexandra Reis stated that the termination agreement “as a director of companies in the TAP universe” and the annulment of her “employment contract with TAP SA requested by TAP, as well as her public communication, has been agreed between the legal teams of both parties charged with ensuring that best practices are implemented and that all legal requirements are strictly observed.”

“I have never accepted – and I would immediately return it if it had already been paid to me – any amount in respect of which I was not convinced in strict accordance with the law,” he emphasized, ensuring that “this principle is also extends to the conditions” of his “termination of functions in the TAR”.

The Ministers of Finance, Infrastructure and Housing today issued a cable asking the TAP administration to provide “information on the legal framework of the agreement” signed with the Secretary of State, including compensation paid.

In a statement released today, Fernando Medina and Pedro Nuno Santos reveal that “today they issued an order requesting from the Board of Directors of Transportes Aéreos Portugals, SA information on the legal basis of the agreement signed as part of the termination of functions as a member of the relevant executive committee, Alexandra Margarida Vieira Flight, including the calculation of the amount of compensation awarded.

O morning Post It was reported in Saturday’s edition that the new Secretary of State of the Ministry of Finance, Alexandra Reis, received compensation in the amount of 500 thousand euros for the early departure from the post of executive director of the Portuguese airline, when she still had to fulfill her functions for two years. years.

In the order, the guardianship authorities stated that “in view of the termination of the duties of the member of the executive committee of Transporte Aéreos Portugals, SA (TAP, SA) Alexandra Margarida Vieira Reis from 28 February 2022” and that, “in view of the legal regimes applicable to the aforementioned public company, namely The legal regime of the public commercial sector, approved by Decree-Law No. 71/2007 of March 27, both in their current wording”, the two ministers decided to ask from the Board of Directors of TAP “information on the legal basis of the agreement signed within the framework of the termination of the functions of a member of the relevant executive committee Alexandra Margarida Vieira Reis, including the amount of compensation awarded.”

Alexandra Reis, who took over as Secretary of State for the Treasury during the latest government reshuffle, joined TAP in September 2017 and was appointed as an airline administrator three years later.

The current ruler resigned in February and was appointed by the government in June to the presidency of Navegasao-Aera de Portugal (NAV).

This issue has drawn criticism from various opposition parties.