Costa petitions Marcelo to fire the Minister of National Defence.

The Prime Minister has submitted to the President of the Republic a proposal to dismiss Defense Minister Marco Capitan Ferreira at his own request, according to a note from António Costa’s office, published this Friday.

The note mentions that António Costa submitted to the President of the Republic a proposal for the dismissal of Marco Capitan Ferreira, “which was sent to him by the Minister of National Defense [Helena Carreiras]at his own request.”

Marco Capitan Ferreira has been Minister of Defense since the establishment of the current socialist government with an absolute majority.

This Friday, Expresso reports that the secretary of state has admitted Miguel Fernandes, a former administrator of Alfeite, to advise the administration of IdD’s defense holding – Portugal Defense, but the manager has never been seen officiating at the location.

On Wednesday, Parliament approved a hearing in the case of Marco Capitan Ferreira to clarify the contract signed with the Directorate General of Defense Resources before he takes up his duties in the executive branch.

This hearing, at Chega’s request, was approved by the parliamentary committee on national defense, with PS abstaining.

With the same vote, a request from the PSD was also approved to send documentation relating to this contract to the Parliamentary Defense Committee.

This is a consulting contract signed on March 25, 2019 between Marco Capitan Ferreira and the General Directorate of National Defense Resources (DGRDN), which at that time was led by Alberto Coelho, one of the participants in the “Perfect Storm” judicial operation. .- valid for 60 days and costs EUR 50,000 plus VAT.

In June, the Liberal Initiative had already questioned the Ministry of Defense whether Marco Capitan Ferreira had accumulated these functions with the position he took at EMPORDEF in April of that year, asking whether the statute of the public administrator had been violated.