PS reviewed this Wednesday “information exchanges” between MPs, government and organizations, such as the one that took place with the TAP executive president on the eve of the January hearings, and accused some parties of “creating cases and cases.” “.
Following Christine Urmier-Widener’s hearing at the TAP investigative panel, which lasted almost seven hours on Tuesday, PS coordinator Carlos Pereira wanted to speak to reporters to note that there is “really nothing new from this investigation other than these cases.” “, created by other parties, stressing that the company’s CEO was “angry and offended” in parliament.
When asked by journalists about the meeting held on the eve of the January hearings in the economic commission of the TAP executive president and attended by representatives of the departments of various ministries and the PS parliamentary group, Carlos Pereira began by qualifying this issue as “faits-divers”.
“These are preparatory meetings, others are for the exchange of information that serves to ensure that the review is thorough, serious and responsible,” he said, refusing any reprehensible ethical behavior.
For a socialist, what happened at that meeting – revealed by IL during the hearings – “is what usually happens”, given that “there is an exchange of information” between government advisers, a parliamentary group and organizations “to understand which topics are under analysis.
“The exchange of information is absolutely normal, it would be abnormal not to share information. Just like there is an exchange of information from the government with other parties upon request. There is nothing abnormal in this process,” he stressed.
When asked who took the initiative, Carlos Pereira began by saying that he did not know, as he was “invited” to a “meeting via videoconference”.
Assuring that he did not agree to all meetings, and faced with the insistence of journalists about the origin of the invitation, he replied: “It came from the secretary.”
When asked “whose secretary”, Carlos Pereira clarified “from my secretary”, leaving it unclear where the invitation came from, as the deputy said he only answered “everything he had to answer”.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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