Banco de Portugal (BdP) Governor Mario Centeno said on Monday it was “not true” that the government was acting behind the back of the banking regulator, contrary to what his predecessor, Carlos Costa, defended in his book. .
“That’s not true,” Mario Centeno responded to journalist Anselmo Crespo’s question about whether the government acted behind the Bank of Portugal’s back in the Banif case during a CNN Portugal first anniversary conference in Lisbon.
Mario Centeno, who admitted that he did not read the whole book, but only those parts that relate to his role as finance minister, also said that he found disappointing statements in the book by the former governor of Banco de Portugal, in which Carlos Costa accuses the government of interfering in banking issues. supervision.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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