Marcelo considers it important to understand “all the steps” taken in TAP

The President of the Republic considered it important this Wednesday that the Portuguese “understand all the steps that TAP has taken”, recalling that the airline “has been invested a lot of money out of their pockets”.

On the day the TAP Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry took office, journalists asked Marcelo Rebela de Souza what he expected from the process, shortly after he received the Joint Task Force (FOCON) who was on a mission in Turkey. Picadeiro Real in Lisbon.

In response, the head of state said that he did not comment on the work of the parliamentary commissions of inquiry, but stated that the Portuguese “know that a lot of money from their pockets was invested in the TAR with a good goal, which was to restore the TAR, restructure the TAR. and create the conditions for a better future.”

“We know how the pandemic “killed” privatization, which was thought at a certain point, after several previous moments when there was a private majority, and then there was a stronger public position,” he recalled.

The President of the Republic reiterated that privatization was “practically closed” but “no longer closed” due to the pandemic, which now raises “the problem or the question of when and under what conditions it is possible or not to form an association.” TAP with another company or another international air group.”

“It is important that the Portuguese understand all the steps that have been taken in TAP so that when this step is taken now [da privatização], there are questions about “how did it start.” If there is now any doubt as to how this began, well, it is best to clarify and [perceber] how it happened over time,” he stressed.

Marcelo noted that “parliament has the right to do this”, repeating that he does not want to comment on the work of deputies.