PKP leader Paulo Raimundo said this Saturday that the involvement of former Secretary of State for Defense Marco Capitao Ferreira in the lawsuit is not an isolated case and supported the need for “serious people” to hold public office.
“The question arises that we are not faced with an isolated case that becomes a problem, being another case added to the set of situations that accompany us all,” the Secretary General of the PKP told reporters. Vila Nova de Foz Coa, in the Guarda area.
Paulo Raimundo added that Portugal “is not a quagmire, because there are more good people in the country than bad ones.”
“There are honest people in our country, people who are able to take on social obligations. We need these good people, serious and devoted to the life of each and the country itself, to take the fate of the country into their own hands. big question,” he defended.
On Friday, the President of the Republic accepted the resignation of Marco Capitan Ferreira proposed by Prime Minister António Costa.
The offer of resignation was published by the Prime Minister’s Office at 9:00 a.m., indicating that “it was sent to him by the Minister of National Defence”. [Helena Carreiras]at his own request.”
However, the resigned Minister of Defense was named as a defendant in the “Perfect Storm” trial, which resulted in the Judicial Police raiding the Ministry of Defense.
Marco Capitan Ferreira is suspected of corruption and economic involvement in business.
“We are facing a situation that, from a judicial point of view, is under observation, this is a matter of principle. And we can say that justice is working and playing its role,” the Secretary General of the PKP emphasized on the sidelines of a visit to the Koa Museum.