The chairman of the TAP parliamentary commission of inquiry, socialist Antonio Lacerda Sales, announced this Thursday that the leak report “proves the irresponsibility of deputies, advisers and technicians.”
“This proves the irresponsibility of the deputies, advisers and technicians that make up this commission of inquiry,” said António Lacerda Sales.
This information was disclosed to journalists in Parliament by António Lacerda Sales in a statement without the right to ask questions about “the findings of the investigation process appointed by the President of the Assembly of the Republic regarding the leakage of information” in the parliamentary investigation. in TAP.
Lacerda Sales added that “the media disclosure of the documents delivered to the CPI, some of which are classified, others not” has been confirmed and that “it has not been proven that the disclosure took place after his accession to the Assembly of the Republic, nor that that this was done by people who have access to documents as part of the operation of the CPI.”
Thirdly, on the contrary, it was proved that their reproduction after entering the security room is practically impossible, emphasizing, on the other hand, that the documents had a long life cycle before they were classified, which occurred only immediately before being sent to the Assembly of the Republic” , he stressed.
The Chairman of the Investigation Parliament also thanked the “rigorous investigation” carried out by the socialist Alexandra Leitao, chairperson of the Commission on Transparency and the Status of Deputies, “which has thus contributed to the preservation of the prestige of this sovereign body.”
A report on the leak of information in the documents of the TAP Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry was handed over on Tuesday to the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, a source in his office confirmed to Lusa.
An internal investigation was requested by the President of the Assembly following two requests – from former CPI President, Seguro Sanchez, and current, Lacerda Sales – to report publicly disclosing the contents, documents and elements that were in the CPI’s archived documents and under secrecy.