Chega will propose setting up a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the twins case at the start of the next legislative session.

Chega announced this Wednesday that he would propose the creation of a parliamentary commission of inquiry at the beginning of the next legislative session to clarify the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins and find out whether it was an exceptional situation, calling on the remaining parties to vote in favor.

“Chega will bring forward at the beginning of the next legislative session a parliamentary commission of inquiry into this matter because he understands that now, with the confirmation of the board president, we have the decision-making process that was necessary to know that in fact there was abusive political interference “Cega President Andre Ventura said in a statement to reporters in parliament.

This position comes after the President of the Board of Directors of the Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte (CHULN), Ana Paula Martins, cited in Parliament the results of an internal audit into the case of Portuguese-Brazilian twins being treated at the Santa Maria Hospital. (Lisbon), which concluded that the appointment of the first appointment by the Minister of Health was the only exception to compliance with the rules.

Ventura was “very convinced that there would be other parties who could carry out this parliamentary commission of inquiry.”

“From what I heard from Dr. Antonio Costa in an interview with CNN, from what I heard from Dr. Luis Montenegro, as well as from the two candidates for the post of PS leader, I understand that everyone wants clarification on this matter. So I think we have a place on the first day [da próxima legislatura] create a parliamentary commission to investigate this issue,” he said.

President Chegi stressed that the parliamentary commission of inquiry must investigate not only the case of the two Portuguese-Brazilian twins treated in Santa Maria, but also understand “whether this has happened in the past, whether social media money is being used in this way and whether political abuse is normal.” interference in the activities of social networks.”

Chega believes that “there has objectively been an act of abuse of power and abuse of political power in the operation of the health care system” and argues that the parties must commit to creating a commission of inquiry, otherwise the issue will “contaminate the entire election campaign” in early elections to the legislature in March.

Ventura emphasized that in parliamentary commissions of inquiry “there are no restrictions as in ordinary committees” and therefore “either Marta Temido, Lacerda Sales or others will be called and will not be able to avoid providing these clarifications.”

“It is known that the president of the republic has a special status and that he can only be invited to participate or forced to give testimony in writing,” he said.

Andre Ventura already admitted last week that he had proposed creating a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the matter, and in his first reaction on Wednesday morning suggested that it would be “very difficult” not to create one “at the beginning of the next legislative session.” .

A few minutes earlier, speaking to reporters, PCP MP João Dias said that “the entrance to SNS is very clearly defined”, working for medical reasons.

“And therefore, with regard to these procedures, if this is in fact what happened, then obviously there are lessons to be learned from them, whether political or otherwise,” he said.

Livre’s only deputy, Rui Tavares, sent clarifications to organizations such as the General Inspectorate of Medical Activities or the Ministry of Justice.

“We, as political representatives, must express these conclusions that others who are not currently participating in the election campaign as political parties are making,” he said.

In November, TVI published the case of two twins living in Brazil who have since acquired Portuguese citizenship and traveled to Portugal to receive the spinal muscular atrophy drug Zolgensma in 2020, at a total cost of four million euros.