President Chega criticized the PS on Tuesday for setting up a parliamentary commission of inquiry into TAP proposed by BE, but rejected his own and expressed hope that the Socialists would not try to limit the investigation.
Speaking to reporters in the Assembly of the Republic, André Ventura felt that PS’s decision to make the BE proposal viable but reject Chega’s proposal “is the lowest and lowest way to conduct politics in this parliament”, noting that despite the bloc announced earlier that he will promote this proposal so that his bench “enters first” in the Assembly of the Republic.
“It is unfortunate that PS insists on this logic of confrontation at all costs, attacking Chega at all costs, even when such an important investigation is at stake for the country and for the Portuguese to know what is at stake. reason,” he said.
Nevertheless, leader Chegi welcomed “the fact that PS had the good sense to understand that the country needed this investigation.”
“We also hope that the PS does not use the BE proposal, which has a slightly different scope, although its objects are almost identical, that it does not use the fact that the approved proposal comes from BE to reduce the scope of the investigation. and not allow certain investigations to be carried out, namely regarding the payment of compensation to other directors in the past and how TAP is managed,” he stressed.
The Chega leader stated that “it was important that the PS not use this commission of inquiry to throw even more sand in the eyes of the Portuguese and that it would allow this parliament to seriously investigate everything that happened in TAP from the moment Portuguese taxpayers there began to invest hundreds million euros.
“It is very important that this check is carried out,” says Andre Ventura.
The President of Chega also expressed his hope that “PS is not making this commission of inquiry possible because part of its parliamentary group, or part more connected to the government of António Costa, wants to blame the former Minister of Infrastructure Pedro. Nuno Santos, or in an attempt to burn a potential successor to António Costa.”
Ventura indicated that he has not yet chosen who will represent the party on this parliamentary commission of inquiry, which will be chaired by Chega.
PS announced on Tuesday that it would make viable, by abstaining, the proposal to establish a parliamentary commission of inquiry on TAP proposed by the left bloc, given the scope and issues raised in the initiative of this political force, but indicated that it would not accompany the proposal for a poll on the same topic. put forward by Chega.
Last week, the Chega parliamentary group submitted to the Assembly of the Republic a proposal to establish a parliamentary commission of inquiry to “supervise the management of the TAP and the use of public funds allocated to it, namely the payment of bonuses and compensation to persons holding leadership and administrative positions in the company.”
The opportunity for Parliament is also to clarify the “circumstances of the payment” of compensation to the former finance minister and “whether there was knowledge or intervention of the ministries responsible for this matter”.
The next day, BE formalized its proposal, which had been announced a few days earlier, and proposed that the purpose of the commission of inquiry be to “assess the implementation of political oversight of the TAP leadership”, specifically between 2020 and 2022. , investigating the entry and exit of former ruler Alexandra Reis and the duties of guardianship in the decisions made.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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