The Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security (MTSSS) guaranteed this Monday that no permits have been issued for “specific investments” in Brazil within the Santa Casa Global company created to internationalize social games.
The newspaper Público reports this Monday that the Minister Ana Mendes Godinho was informed of the values necessary for the internationalization of the social games Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) and that there are even documents confirming this knowledge and in which they detail the amounts that will be invested, namely the event plans and budget approved by the guardianship, “minutes of meetings with various members of the SCML table and hundreds of emails.”
In response to the Lusa agency, the office of Minister Ana Mendes Godinho reiterates that “until today in Brazil there has been no authorization for specific investments” and that “all investments related to internationalization were and have always been conditioned by the order of the Minister, dated June 9, 2020, which directly requires compliance with a number of conditions.”
At the end of September, when the parliamentary committee on labor, social security and inclusion, at the request of the parliamentary groups PSD and Chega, heard the question of the financial situation of Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisbon, Minister Ana Mendes Godinho assured the deputies that he had only authorized the creation of the company Santa Casa Global did not approve subsequent investments.
This is because at a previous hearing, the current SCML provider, Ana Jorge, stated that this permit was issued for an initial investment of five million euros, despite the fact that the total investment amount is currently around 27 million euros, a difference for which permission was received. not claimed from guardianship.
At the same time, the minister asked that the deputies be handed over the authorization order dated June 9, 2020, which determined that “any investment to be made must always be preceded by a strict technical analysis and financial assessment that evaluates all business conditions.”
The MTSSS version remains, and the office of Ana Mendes Godinho emphasizes that any “investment intentions expressed, for example, in plans of activity, were and are always subject to the conditions established in the order.”
We are talking, for example, about conducting “due diligence” – a legal term denoting the process of researching business opportunities to assess the risks of a transaction, assess financial stability or ensure the suitability of partners, the guardianship explained.
“Former provider [Edmundo Martinho] did not provide the guardianship with the results of due diligence, assessment of financial stability and guarantees of the suitability of partners,” the ICSS guaranteed.
It emphasizes that the audit requested by Minister Ana Mendes Godinho on June 12, 2023 “is ongoing and will determine whether the order was implemented, as well as compliance with the legality of the internationalization operations of the game by Santa Casa Global and the actions carried out by the former provider SCML.”
He also recalls that the Directorate General of Investigation and Prosecution (DCIAP) has already launched an investigation following the preliminary report submitted by SCML to the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGR).
Lusa tried to contact Edmundo Martinho, but so far this has not been possible.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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