Hearings with the Prosecutor General of the Republic in Parliament are forced to be postponed

Chega today demanded a possible postponement of the consideration of the proposals presented by PAN and the Bloc de Esquerda, for the hearing of the Attorney General of the Republic, Lucília Gago, in the parliamentary committee on constitutional affairs.

The proposal was first presented by PAN deputy Ines de Souza Real and envisages a meeting with Lucília Gago to “take stock of the implementation of the Law on the Organization of Criminal Investigations and compliance with the constitutional and legal guarantees for the protection of the secrecy of justice.” “

The left bloc, which also defended the need for the Prosecutor General of the Republic to give explanations in parliament, submitted a request for the same purpose.

In contrast to these two parties, in statements to journalists on Tuesday, Chegi President Andre Ventura spoke of “political persecution of the judiciary with the connivance of parts of the media” and an operation to whitewash former Prime Minister António Costa.”

Regarding the hypothesis that Lucilia Gago would soon be heard in Parliament, Andre Ventura stated in general terms that Chega would never object to anyone being heard in the Assembly of the Republic, but then left the following question: “But in what cause? summon judicial and police institutions to parliament only when politicians are involved?”

The meeting with the Attorney General of the Republic in the Constitutional Affairs Committee in Parliament, if approved, will take place, among other matters related to the Portuguese justice system, after the disclosure of wiretaps involving former Prime Minister António Costa, but will not have any criminal significance . as part of the so-called Operation Influencer.