Augusto Santos Silva warned on Tuesday that “the presumption of innocence also prevails in Portugal” in the face of searches on suspicion of embezzlement and abuse of power in the PSD.
When asked if this episode would be another stain, the President of the Assembly of the Republic assured that “Portugal is a state of law” and, therefore, “the fact that an investigation is underway does not mean that there are guilty people.”
According to Augusto Santos Silva, “no parliamentary parties are responsible if they are not investigated.”
“Nothing surprises me anymore. I am ready to listen to a variety of news and insist that only under the conditions provided for by the Constitution and the legislation of Portugal, one can speak of responsibility. Until then, everyone is innocent,” the head of state concluded. President of the Assembly of the Republic.