Montenegro is convinced that the PSD deputy is not involved in theft of funds or illegal financing

This Thursday, the PSD President expressed his conviction that the Vice-President of the Parliamentary Collegium, Hugo Carneiro, is not involved in any diversion of funds or illegal financing of the party, saying that he awaits further clarification.

Speaking to reporters at the end of a visit to a high school in Lisbon, Luis Montenegro was asked about CNN Portugal news that Hugo Carneiro was asked to have his parliamentary immunity lifted due to “suspicions of reporting irregularities.” parties in the management of campaign money” during the government of Rui Rio.

“I am absolutely sure that this is in no case – although I don’t know the details of the process – about embezzlement of funds, this is exactly what was missing, and even more so about illegal financing of the party,” the deputy said. Chairman of the SDP.

The SDP chairman sent clarifications to the deputy himself and “other party leaders involved in this particular situation.”

“I’ll wait myself, I don’t have any more information,” he said.

When asked whether a deputy should renounce his mandate if he is accused, Montenegro replied that, firstly, “it is necessary to clarify the issue, to know what we are talking about, what the process is.”

On July 12, judicial police searched the home of former PSD President Rui Rio in Porto and MP Hugo Carneiro, as well as the party’s national headquarters in Lisbon, on suspicion of embezzlement and abuse of power between 2018 and 2018. 2021.

At issue was the alleged misuse of public funds by the previous leadership of the party through funds from the Assembly of the Republic intended for advisory services to parliamentary groups and which would be used to pay the salaries of party employees who would not serve in parliament.