Chega asks the Transparency Commission of the TAR to express an opinion on the deputy of the PS in the commission

Chega asked the Transparency Commission for an opinion on the permanence of Socialist MP Carlos Pereira in the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the TAP case, stating a possible conflict of interest.

“At the hearing of former TAP CEO Christine Urmier-Widener, it was made public that Deputy Carlos Pereira participated in the meeting, which took place on January 17, just before the then CEO was going to parliament. provide clarification on the resignation of former administrator Alexandra Reis,” the party wrote in a request circulated this Thursday.

In the document, the party emphasizes that during the interrogation, the PS deputy stated that the commission of inquiry for the TAR was at stake, “and not the activities of the deputies.”

Chega President Andre Ventura said on Wednesday that Prime Minister António Costa and PS parliamentary leader Eurico Brillante Diaz should explain the meeting between Socialist MPs, government advisers and the TAP CEO in January.

Speaking to reporters in the Assembly of the Republic, Andre Ventura said that there are “explanations that both Eurico Brillante Diaz and António Costa are obliged to give to the country”, saying that the purpose of this meeting was “obviously to condition the testimony of Christine Urmier-Widener in Parliament.”

Chega’s leader believed that Socialist MP Carlos Pereira, the PS’s coordinator in the parliamentary commission of inquiry and whom TAR’s executive president said was present at that meeting, was “unable to continue” to be part of that commission.

PSD also announced its intention to ask the Transparency Commission to decide on the presence of the Socialist Coordinator on the TAP Commission of Inquiry at a meeting with the company’s executive president on the eve of the January parliamentary hearings.

During the interrogation of Alexandra Reis, which took place on Wednesday in Parliament, PSD coordinator Paulo Moniz announced the delivery of a request regarding the meeting held on January 17, the day before Christine Urmier-Widener left for the department of economics, public works. , the Commission for Planning and Housing and which was attended by representatives of ministries and, as far as we know, Deputy PS Carlos Pereira.

Former TAP administrator Alexandra Reis suggested that the originally offered exit clause (€1.4m) was “very expressive”, but stressed that there were responsibilities as well, citing a lack of “good cause”.

As a result, the former administrator left the company, having received compensation of half a million euros, which the parliament is now trying to clarify.