The leader of Chegi, André Ventura, this Friday accused the PS and PSD of “political intimidation” of the Attorney General of the Republic, believing that they did everything to “make her fall” and “to protect themselves.”
“Over the past two months, the Prosecutor General and the Prosecutor’s Office as a whole have become victims of political “bullying” by the PS and SDP. Political “bullying”, I accept the words I speak and will take this responsibility,” he said. said.
Speaking to journalists upon his arrival at a dinner/meeting in the municipality of Vouzela, Viseu district, President Chegi wanted to comment on the statement of the Attorney General of the Republic, Lucilia Gago, about the impossibility of remaining in office after the end of her term of office, which ends in October this year.
“I don’t know whether the prosecutor was prompted to make this decision by the prospect that there would be no political conditions for the continuation of the elections that will be held on March 10, but there is one thing that is true, and that is that these two parties have done everything, everything , in order to overthrow the prosecutor general of the republic, influence the authority of the ministry and protect himself, and this was very negative,” he accused.
Andre Ventura also criticized the PSD leader for saying that he would give a negative assessment of the activities of Lucília Gago, and said that “the result of all this is a growing distrust among citizens in justice and the Ministry of State.”
“Now we cannot give this assessment without being conditioned by the circumstances, and as a result of this, the PS and PSD seem to simply want to run together with this attorney general of the republic,” he accused, saying that “exactly the same way it happened a few years ago in Casa Pia there arose an alliance of two parties seeking to condition the functioning of justice.”
Ventura said that “regardless of the assessment that can be given to the mandate of the Attorney General of the Republic, it is regrettable how these two parties conducted this process and how they managed to condition the functioning of justice with base attacks.” , sometimes more or less secretly, to the Ministry of Justice and the Attorney General of the Republic.”
When asked what assessment he gave to the actions of Lucilia Gadot, Andre Ventura refused to do so, pointing out that it was difficult and that he wanted to “use criteria of efficiency and effectiveness” that he does not have, “and not for reasons of a political nature.”
The President of Chegi considered that “in some processes the communication was not the happiest.”
On this occasion, President Chegi was also asked to explain the proposal he made during the lunch to “restore the authority of the police,” arguing that weapons “should be used when necessary.”
Andre Ventura said he would like to review the internal rules that govern the use of firearms by PSP agents and GNR military personnel, “not in the sense of breaking them, but in the sense of telling the police when they must exercise authority, they must have the right to do so, and you can’t be afraid of it.”
“We had an internal order from the director of the PSP, who wanted to prevent the use of firearms even in situations of violation of public order, this is a bad signal to the authorities,” he believes, pointing out that he wanted “exactly the opposite of what is in this order.”
Chegi’s leader stated that this “would be an important change, another would be passive treatment, which is also prohibited and much less aggressive, but which can also make sense in public order situations.”
“Obviously guns should be a last resort, but they should be a resource that when public order is at stake or when they have to be used, the police cannot hesitate, and the culture that we create in the police is that they are afraid to use guns.” , – he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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