Municipal deputies of the 6th Commission of the Municipal Assembly of Lisbon (AML) approved this Saturday the hearing of the mayor after the suspension of Councilor Diogo Moura, but refuse to be a “commission of inquiry”.
The Permanent Commission on Human and Social Rights, Citizenship, Transparency and Anti-Corruption of the AML has scheduled a “review and discussion” of an “email” from unregistered municipal deputy Daniela Serraglia, “requesting that a hearing be scheduled before the commission” with the Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Moedas (PSD) “within the framework of the issue of transparency regarding the suspension of the mandate of Councilor Diogo Moura.”
In a note on Tuesday, the Citizens for Lisbon (CPL) movement explained that the hearings are aimed at “understanding not only this suspension of the mandate, but also what will happen to the current obligations”, who will “take on the relevant responsibilities”, for how long and what are your obligations to the city.”
Meanwhile, the mayor’s president decided that “he will take over the management of culture” after the suspension of the mandate of councilor Diogo Moura, replaced by Joana Oliveira Costa, whose responsibilities will be made public “in due course”, according to the city. source of advice.
The hearing of Carlos Moedas at the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Commission was approved by a majority, with the dissenting votes coming from the CDS-PP, but the proposal led to a lengthy debate with opposition from those who saw its feasibility as a political possibility. use of court case.
Diogo Moura suspended his mandate at the request of the municipal president, days after the ministry formally accused him of fraud in two internal Christian Democrats elections.
In a written statement sent to Luza on Sunday, Carlos Moedas said he asked Diogo Moura “to suspend his mandate and he immediately agreed to this request.”
The Social Democrat explained that “although the charges brought against him do not relate to what he led as a councilor”, he believes that “there are no conditions for the councilor to continue to develop his work in favor of the people of Lisbon” . “.
The KPL-elect explained that when she asked for the hearing, it was not yet known who would take over the management of the Culture and who would take office, and therefore, “in the interests of transparency,” the mayor would also be interested in clarifying how carry out mandate .
“I and the Citizens of Lisbon organization have never made any value judgment about the decision of the president, any value judgment about the behavior of councilor Diogo Moura, and therefore it has to do with the future of the city,” stressed Daniela Serraglia .
Municipal deputies from Movimento Partido da Terra, Aliança, PSD and CDS-PP opposed the form of the mayor’s request for a hearing before the transparency commission, taking into account that the councilor had suspended his mandate and the case was being considered in court, and the Liberal Initiative did not see in listening is of no use.
Deputy Manuel Lage assured that the PS will never object to hearing the mayor or whoever he chooses to represent him, refusing to make any judgment on the merits of the proposal, and assured that the Socialists will not allow “a trial to take place.” in the municipal assembly committee.”
Commission Chairwoman Carla Madeira (PS) also guaranteed that “there are no committees of inquiry in the municipal assembly” and that she would never allow any hearing to become a “commission of inquiry.”
Left Bloc party spokeswoman Maria Escaja Goncalves said those elected “don’t know how to behave” and hoped that they were “all adults, educated and smart enough” not to turn the hearings “into a lynching in a public square.”
The CPL deputy reformulated the text of the proposal, but the approved wording had to be proposed by Jorge Nuno de Sa of Alianza, who, after asking for the removal of the councilor, was asked to “hear the mayor, Mr. in relation to the current obligations previously under the leadership of Councilor Diogo Moura” .
Deputies also approved the request of the PS to hear the Councilor for Human and Social Rights, Sofia Atayde, and the member of the Santa Casa Misericórdia Lisboa in charge of social affairs, Sergio Sintra, on issues of social support in the municipality, with only one abstaining. Chega.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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