Chega admitted that he proposed a parliamentary inquiry into the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins

On Tuesday, President Chegi considered that the President of the Republic had yet to give an explanation regarding the treatment of two Portuguese-Brazilian children in Lisbon and admitted that he was proposing the creation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry.

“The President must give an explanation. I don’t know whether he will be summoned from the Ministry of Prosecutor’s Office or not, but he must give an explanation,” defended Andre Ventura, who spoke to reporters before the start of Chegi’s parliamentary days. which will take place from today to Wednesday Friday at a hotel in Matosinhos (Porto area).

In his opinion, the requested clarifications were not given.

“It remains unclear […] why some documents disappeared,” he said.

Chega’s leader noted that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa “could not have done it alone,” questioning the government’s involvement, “because of course it was not the President of the Republic who called the Board of Directors of Santa Maria or who called the doctors.” who were going to treat these children.”

Ventura believed that he would also like it to be clarified “what the President’s intervention was in relation to the Secretary of State, for the hospital to state that it was contacted by the Secretary of State and his Secretary of State regarding this matter” and by what means the case was brought to the attention of the hospital , and the decision was made on treatment, emphasizing once again that Marta Temido and Lacerda Sales must provide clarifications in Parliament.

“If these clarifications are not given – and they wait until the prosecutor’s office moves forward in the ongoing process – parliament will have no choice but to open a parliamentary commission to investigate this matter,” he said.

Moments later, at the opening of parliamentary days, President Chegi said that “if necessary” the party would resort to “the most serious instrument in parliament – the parliamentary commission of inquiry.”

“Because it seems to us that, regardless of the people involved, the manner and form of action is extremely serious for the republican ethics and morality to which the state should be obliged,” he defended.

Regarding the continuation of the mandate of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President Chegui stated that “he will evaluate whether he has these conditions or not”, but stated that a crisis should not be created, given the current political situation, jeopardizing “the country”. enter into a complete state of political anemia.”

“I think that at the moment Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is the only point of balance in the democratic system that we have, when the government is in crisis and the autonomous regions are in crisis. If Marcelo goes into a spiral and loses political power, we will be in complete chaos,” he stressed.

In statements to journalists, Andre Ventura said it was “incredible” that “two children were saved” and “that Portugal did it”, but that it was “very bad” that there had been “discriminatory treatment”.

“If we have so many people today having difficulty accessing the NHS, I think it is not good that there are people who, because of their economic or political status or proximity to the President or the President’s son, have access to these services. treatment when many Portuguese do not have it,” he said.

Speaking at the opening of the day, President Chegi criticized that “people who come from abroad, become citizens within 14 days and are not registered with the National Health Service, receive treatment worth more than four million euros, while others do.” no,” classifying it as a country that has “hit rock bottom.”

Then Andre Ventura also said that the fight against corruption would be the “greatest goal of the party.”