Pedro Nuno says commission of inquiry into Portuguese-Brazilian twins ‘won’t add anything’

The Secretary General of the PS said this Monday that parliamentary commissions of inquiry are being simplified and that in the case of the twins treated in Santa Maria, “it will not add anything”, but forwarded the decision to the parliamentary group.

In an interview with TVI/CNN, Pedro Nuno Santos was asked about Chegi’s proposal to create a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the case of the twins treated at the Santa Maria Hospital. This topic, he admits, worries the PS, since “citizens’ trust in institutions must be protected from blows.”

Noting that there is a report from the General Inspectorate of Health and that investigations are ongoing in the ministry, the leader of the PS believes that the activities of parliamentary commissions of inquiry are being “simplified”, citing as an example the fact that there are already proposals on three on different topics when parliament is still did not start his regular work.

“The investigative commission will not add anything to this topic. Now this will be discussed within the framework of the PS parliamentary group,” he said.

According to Pedro Nuno Santos, the Assembly of the Republic has parliamentary committees that can scrutinize the matter.

“I understand that the media wants Parliament to be full of parliamentary committees of inquiry. This in no way adds, helps or solves any problems. There is no intention to hide anything,” he assured.

In the findings of the inspection report published on Thursday, IGAS said that “lawfulness requirements for the two children’s access to a neuropediatric consultation were not met” because the planning of the consultation did not comply with regulations governing users’ access to the National Health Service.

IGAS also concluded that the provision of medical care to children was carried out “without any facts worthy of any blame.”

Former Secretary of State Antonio Lacerda Sales, according to a controversial report, criticized IGAS for giving less weight to his word than to that of his private secretary, who contacted Santa Maria Hospital to schedule the twins’ admission.

The case of two twins living in Brazil who acquired Portuguese nationality and received Zolgensma in Portugal in 2020, worth a total of four million euros, was published by TVI in November and is still being investigated by the Public. Prosecutor’s Office – General Republic of the Republic (GGR).