Chega’s president this Monday urged the government to clarify the actions of the “secretaries” to restore the former infrastructure deputy’s computer by Wednesday, ensuring that in this case he would withdraw the proposal for a commission of inquiry. on this topic.
Speaking to reporters ahead of a visit to the Lisbon Book Fair, André Ventura also announced that the party had filed a request to have former Parpública president Pedro Ferreira Pinto heard from the TAP investigative committee after Correio da Manhã revealed that the government had a “handle” since December 2015 with opinions on Airbus funds of about $226.8 million (€202.5 million at the exchange rate at the time) that David Nieleman used to capitalize on TAP.
“Several former ministers, such as Pedro Marquez, as well as Mario Centeno and others, said they did not know anything. Either they did not read what they were given, or they are lying. We need to start drawing conclusions from the lies in this parliamentary commission of inquiry,” he said, noting that he will enter the last week of hearings.
In this regard, Ventura foresaw a “very painful environment” in Parliament for the executive branch, a day when former Secretary of State for Infrastructure Hugo Mendez will be heard on the TAP investigation and when proposals from IL and Chega to create a commission of inquiry into the actions of intelligence agencies to discover the computer of a former MP Frederico Pinheiro on the night of April 26th.
“The government has two days to avoid what we all do not want: the commission of inquiry into the activities of the special services is undesirable from all points of view, so the government has two days to tell the truth,” he urged.
According to Ventura, “it is enough for the government to say what happened, who spoke to whom and what the legal basis is”, ensuring that if this becomes clear, Chega will ask to remove his bill from the agenda of the plenary meeting, challenging the liberals. do the same.
When asked if you were sure that this commission of inquiry would work – whether a majority in the plenary session was needed or a fifth of the deputies would demand it – leader Chegi replied that “the SDP has already made it clear that if there is no clarification” it will move to mandatory investigation of the activities of “secret organs”.
“No one wants this, but I think it is very difficult for opposition leader Luis Montenegro to substantiate the position that there is no parliamentary commission of inquiry without clarification from the government,” he said.
“People will feel that we are hiding something and that politicians have banded together to hide the truth,” he warned.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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