This Wednesday, the PS rejected Chegi’s request for a hearing from the Minister of National Defense to provide clarification on the fact that the Secretary General of the Ministry continued to hold office after the charges were filed.
The request was rejected by votes for the SDP, Chega and the Liberal Initiative and against the PS in the parliamentary defense committee.
When discussing Chega’s initiative, MP Pedro Pessanha considered it important to “understand the reasons why the minister left Defense Ministry Secretary General João Ribeiro in his post “after the charges were filed.”
As for the PSD, MP António Proa, who recently took on the role of party coordinator in the defense committee, supported this request “not so much from the point of view of punctuality and an episodic perspective, but because the current moment in this important sector of national defense coincided with a series of cases , who have been punctual but are generally of concern because of the image they project.”
The parliamentary leader of the Liberal Initiative, Rodrigo Saraiva, believed that “there is currently an unfortunate atmosphere of mistrust in many things happening in the world of defense” and supported “all the opportunities that are given to the government to clarify, clarify, and also bring more transparency.”
Justifying “leading” the initiative, Socialist MP Diogo Lean said that “the minister has done nothing more in recent months” and recalled that Helena Carreiras has already been “more than once” in the defense committee, answering “political questions.” surrounding processes in the defense and business sectors that concern everyone.”
The socialist emphasized that the processes are being investigated “in the right institutions, the judiciary.”
Regarding João Ribeiro’s retention of his functions in the Ministry of Defence, Diogo Leão stressed that the Ministry of State “did not ask for a preventive suspension of functions.”
“I believe that it is necessary to trust the institutions, and the PS parliamentary group does not believe that this data that Chega is now bringing to this committee, based on media sources, is relevant for us to approve the hearings,” to the Minister of Defense on this issue , – he said.
The news that the Secretary General of the Ministry of National Defense, João Ribeiro, continues to exercise his functions after being named as a defendant in the independent investigation into the “Perfect Storm” case in early August was carried by the Expresso newspaper, which wrote that João Ribeiro is suspected of crimes related to abuse of power and computer fraud.
In August, prosecutors indicted 73 defendants in a process related to the awarding of works by the General Directorate of National Defense Resources (DGRDN), including former director Alberto Coelho, with passive corruption, money laundering, embezzlement and forgery.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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