The President of the Republic will send documentation to the commission of inquiry into the case of Portuguese-Brazilian twins being treated at the Santa Maria Hospital in Lisbon.
“The President of the Republic has just received from the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry a request for the documentation available there, which, by the way, is similar to that already sent to the PGR, and which will be sent on June 11. “, the text says.
According to this statement, “as transmitted to the PGR on December 4, 2023, the only two elements of the Civil Chamber that intervened in the pending case were between October 21 and October 31, 2019, the date on which the process was transferred in the usual manner in the Office of the Prime Minister Minister they were the head of the Civil Chamber and adviser on social issues.”
After this date, the Presidency of the Republic no longer exists, and it includes the head of the Civil Chamber. [Fernando Frutuoso de Melo] or social consultant [Maria João Ruela] “I intervened in the matter, but to no avail,” he adds.
“With regard to the process currently under judicial investigation, the position of the President of the Republic, just yesterday [quinta-feira] I repeat, we must believe that justice must prevail, using all means of evidence to establish the whole truth,” he says.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa also confirms that “he will not comment on any party initiatives, inside or outside the Assembly of the Republic” until Sunday’s European Parliament elections.