This Thursday, the BE parliamentary leader demanded an explanation from Prime Minister António Costa and Finance Minister Fernando Medina as early as this week about the circumstances of the resignation of Alexandra Reis and Pedro Nuno Santos.
“We demand that the government come now, through the voice of the prime minister, and answer all these questions. About the legitimacy of payments to Alexandra Reis, about the TAP privilege regime, about how there seems to be a path taken by someone who becomes a member of the government. Either it is not disclosed properly, this entails political liability, or if the dubious and morally reprehensible path is taken, it also entails political liability. In these matters, the government must give explanations to the country,” said Pedro Filipe Soares.
At a press conference in Porto, the leader and parliamentary leader of the blockade said that Prime Minister António Costa and Finance Minister Fernando Medica could not give explanations until work resumed in the Assembly of the Republic.
“We are halfway through this week. You can’t wait until next week to talk to the country. It would be incomprehensible,” he said.
The Liberal Initiative has already announced a vote of no confidence in the government in parliament, where the PS has an absolute majority, and the PSD has scheduled an urgent debate next Wednesday calling on the prime minister to represent the executive in this scrutiny act. in the Assembly of the Republic.
Infrastructure and Housing Minister Pedro Nuno Santos resigned on Wednesday evening to “take political responsibility” in a €500,000 TAP compensation case against a former finance minister.
It was the third government resignation in two days, after Alexandra Reis of the Treasury portfolio found herself at the center of a controversy over compensation, and Secretary of State for Infrastructure Hugo Santos Mendez followed Pedro Nuno Santos’ decision. .
Finance Minister Fernando Medina sacked Secretary of State for the Treasury on Tuesday, less than a month after Alexandra Reis took office and after four days of wrangling over a €500,000 settlement from TAP overseen by Pedro Nuno Santos.
Alexandra Reis was compensated for her early departure in February from her position as chief executive of the air carrier. In June, the government appointed her chairman of the Navegação Aérea de Portugal (NAV), and this month she was elected finance minister.
The decision to compensate Alexandre Reis, reported by Correio da Manhã, was criticized by all the opposition and was even called into question by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, when he said that it would be “fine” to do without the quantity.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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