The leader of the Socialist parliament found this Thursday incomprehensible and unusual that the Order of Doctors launched an investigation against the deputy Lacerda Sales and refused to participate in the “degradation of institutions” by facilitating the hearings of the former governor and Marta Temido.
Speaking to reporters in parliament, Eurico Brillante Díaz expressed “absolute solidarity” with former Secretary of State and current PS MP António Lacerda Sales over the news that the Medical Association has launched an investigation into the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins. which will evaluate the doctors involved, including Lacerda Sales.
“It is entirely unusual for a professional order, which does not have the competence to examine the activities of a member or former member of the government, to initiate an investigation or investigation as part of a decision or possible decision of a member of the government. “, he defended himself.
The parliamentary leader of the PS emphasized that “this is not the role of professional orders” and considered that this investigation should “force the Order itself and its bodies to take a certain public position on this matter.”
“There are times when we have to say we have to stop this. (…) Because it is incomprehensible, it is completely unusual – I am trying to keep my words – for the Medical Association to take such a position. “, he strengthened.
Asked whether the PS intends to facilitate the hearings of Lacerda Sales and former Health Minister Marta Temido, which IL again asked for this Thursday, Brillante Díaz replied that his party does not intend to participate in “the expansion of the circus to the Assembly of the Republic.” .
The Socialist parliamentary leader noted that at the moment the PS has already requested a hearing from the chairman of the board of directors of the Santa Maria Hospital, as well as from the current Minister of Health Manuel Pizarro, on the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins, and has also requested the final report of the internal audit of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte .
“We want to do a thorough check: we will listen to those we have to listen to, and we naturally do not enter into the logic of constant degradation of institutions. Therefore, we will listen first to those we have to listen to,” he said.
However, when asked whether there was any point in listening to the two current Socialist MPs, given that they defended health when Portuguese-Brazilian twins were treated with the drug Zolgensma, Brillante Dias replied that “it makes no sense.” make sense” until they listen to current political leaders.
The leader of the PS parliament doubted what António Lacerda Sales could tell parliament, given that he had already requested access to documentation on the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins and had not yet received it.
“We are not going to turn the Assembly of the Republic into a humiliated space for control. There comes a point when we cannot continue: we have reached the limit when a parliamentary group asks citizens to come, in this case because they are the children of a member of the body of sovereignty,” he criticized, referring to the IL’s request to hear Nuno Rebelo de Sousa, the son President of the Republic.
The PS parliamentary leader acknowledged that former government officials had been summoned to the parliamentary hearings, but noted that the current case is different given that it is also being investigated by the Ministry of Justice and the General Inspectorate for Health.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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