Oeiras Mayor Isaltino Morais, PSD National Commission member Rodrigo Goncalves, and his father Daniel Goncalves Silva, president of the Avenidas Novas parish council in Lisbon, were the subject of searches on Tuesday morning. court on suspicion of corruption, economic involvement in business and malfeasance, he confirmed CM police source.
In a statement, the Judicial Police confirms that, as part of an “investigation of public procurement procedures conducted by several local authorities, it conducted fifteen searches in residential and non-residential premises, namely two municipal councils, a parish council, thirteen companies and nine residences, all located in the Lisbon metropolitan area.
Operation PJ will have other goals as well.
At stake, among other things, will be the conclusion of fictitious contracts between companies and municipalities in order to divert public funds. The mayor of Oeiras, Isaltino Morais, allegedly received financial compensation for awarding works to Rodrigo Gonçalves.
for what morning Post it also emerged that the council of Odivelas was being raided and that the blue bags from diversion of funds also funded the PSD structures where the wife of Rodrigo Gonçalves works.
Rodrigo Gonçalves, who was president of the board of San Domingos de Benfica, was convicted when he left the position in 2013 due to alleged violations in contracts (though canceled) with companies that his father Daniel had contracted for Avenidas- Novas. In 2019, Rodrigo Gonçalves resigned from his position as PSD for creating fake social media profiles and using them to advertise in favor of Rui Rio, who then led the party.
The authorities believe that other mayors of the Socialist Party may be involved in this process.
In a statement sent to the newsrooms, Isaltino Morais says that “about a possible relationship with the supporters of the PSD candidates” he can only say that “we can only face fiction.” “We are living in 2022, I have not been a SDP militant since 2005,” he says.
Author: Sergio A. Vitorino as well as Tanya Laranjo
Source: CM Jornal
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