Former Gaia Chamber president Luis Filipe Menezes will bring new criminal charges against the municipality and its president Eduardo Vitor Rodriguez in response to a complaint approved against him for insult and libel, a court source said.
At a public meeting on Monday, the chamber and President Eduardo Vitor Rodriguez presented a criminal complaint to the Department of Investigation and Criminal Affairs (DIAP) of Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto district, against former PSD leader Luis Filipe Menezes. .
The complaint is based on the fact that Menezes, in a post on the social network Facebook, accused the current mayor, elected by the PS, of interfering in the land licensing process.
According to a judicial source, Menezes will bring other criminal charges against the chamber and its president, and in relation to this approved complaint, she will be asked to join Menezes’ original complaint, as he believes there is “enormous basis, be it from witness testimony or documentaries,” – he wrote for this purpose, “having the opportunity to unequivocally prove the truth of the accusations made.”
At the beginning of October, in this publication, Luis Filipe Menezes also accused Eduardo Vitor Rodriguez of being the “mastermind” of “criminal somersaults”, such as changing technical conclusions, with the aim of harming him, and announced that he had referred the case to the authorities.
The ministry subsequently confirmed that it had opened an investigation into a complaint that the former president of the Gaia Chamber filed against the current head of the municipality.
In that publication, which is no longer available, Luis Filipe Menezes wrote that in 2011 he bought land to build a house, paying more than 20 thousand euros in public domain concessions before construction, as well as the corresponding licenses.
In a criminal complaint to which Lusa had access, the municipality and its president said that with this publication, Luis Filipe Menezes “accused the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia of discriminating against him in relation to other citizens for allegedly forcing to pay it “transition into the public domain before the start of work, and not the final one.”
The criminal complaint states that the former Social Democratic mayor acted with the “true intention of spreading the false impression that both the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia and its president are dishonest and that they are using their legal powers and powers for personal and small purposes.” , to the detriment of compliance with the rule of law, as well as accusing them of committing various crimes.”
And he added: “The imputation of false facts is insidious and reveals a special perversion and malice. The author of the “post” knew perfectly well that he was missing the truth, and the distorted and malicious accusations he published were false.”
The criminal complaint also states that the Social Democrat’s behavior “seriously” caused harm to those persecuted in this position, so they consider it to be crimes against an organization, service or legal entity, as well as aggravated libel .
During Lusa’s interrogation, the General Prosecutor’s Office (GPR) confirmed receipt of the complaint, which led to the launch of an investigation.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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