The coercive measures applied to the President and Vice-President of the Chamber of Montalegri (Vila Real), who resigned from their posts on Friday, should not be known until Monday, one of the lawyers said today.
Lawyer Ricardo Sa Fernández, a spokesman for Montalegre Deputy Mayor David Teixeira, told Lusa that the Public Administration Ministry would offer the two mayors pre-trial detention.
Mayor Orlando Alves and Vice President David Teixeira, who resigned on Friday from positions to which they were elected by the Socialist Party (PS), were scheduled to appear before the Briefing Court on Saturday and today. Criminal (TIC) Porto.
Orlando Alves, David Teixeira and the Chief of Staff of the Municipal Works Department were arrested on Thursday by the Judicial Police (PJ) as part of Operation Alquimia on charges of crimes related to the criminal community, evasion, improper profit taking. , forgery, abuse of power and economic involvement in business.
In a statement released on Thursday, PJ explained that the investigation concerns “the global volume of public procurement procedures between 2014 and 2022, suspected of dependence in favor of certain economic operators, amounting to 20 million euros.”
In a statement also released on Thursday, the Chamber of Montalegri said that the Paços do Concelho building was searched by members of the SP, accompanied by prosecutors from Porto’s Department of Investigations and Regional Criminal Affairs, as part of an investigation. purchasing processes.
Orlando Alves and David Teixeira took office in the Chamber of Montalegri in 2013 and are currently serving their third terms. In the 2021 municipal elections in Montalegre, the PS received 51.17% of the vote and won four mandates, while the PSD received three mandates (42.35%).
According to a statement released by PJ, dozens of home and non-home searches were carried out against local authorities and various companies in the municipalities of Montalegri, Braga, Famalicán and Vila do Conde, with three men being arrested.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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