Former provider of Santa Casa da Misericordia in Lisbon says deal with his son is a ‘coincidence’

In the Committee on Labor, Social Protection and Inclusion, the former director explained that he asked his son to make a presentation “for free” about this type of business, indicating that only the company for which he worked was “authorized by the regulator to carry out transactions from cryptocurrency to legal tender.” , which is necessary since Santa Casa “cannot have any cryptocurrency accounts.” However, at that time three more companies were registered.

“Fortunately or unfortunately, we had very few sales,” said Edmundo Martinho, as an investment of half a million euros ultimately brought only six thousand euros into Santa Casa’s coffers.

At the hearing, the former supplier ensured that the previous government was “always informed in detail about what was happening” when expanding business to Brazil, stressing that the Ministry of Social Security, then headed by Ana Mendes Godinho, never made “additional requests for information” about the process and the amounts associated with it.

Martinho also found it “strange” that he had not received “a single contact” from Santa Casa, given that “the departure of provider Ana Jorge was predictable.”

The former provider left a warning that behind the controversy in Santa Casa there would be a possible “intent to privatize social games,” which he assured was a “fatal mistake.”

“Vice President” accuses minister of lying
The outgoing deputy ombudsman of Santa Casa, Ana Vitória Azevedo, this Wednesday accused the labor minister of “telling lies” about the supposed benefits withdrawn by the administration. “I know, and this is even shocking to me, that the Santa Casa Council did not have any benefit for itself, and I would like the minister to explain what that benefit was,” the manager noted, saying that the governor had “slandered” the Advice.

Brillante Diaz denies any stake in the business
Heard before the Commission, which he himself heads, former Secretary of State for Internationalization Eurico Brillante Díaz denied interfering in Santa Casa’s business in Brazil, saying the companies’ “options” were not up to me. The MP said he had “two meetings” at the request of former Santa Casa Ombudsman Edmundo Martinho, in which “the desire to go international was clearly stated.”

Ana Jorge denies personal gain
The dismissed service provider Santa Casa, Ana Jorge, this Wednesday denied the allegations of the Minister of Labor, who said that the administrators “benefited” by receiving promotions. “I deeply deny this allegation and it is necessary to justify what the personal gain is,” the sacked leader told Renascença. Ana Jorge admitted that the year she spent at the helm of Santa Casa was “very difficult,” but assured that she did “everything so that Santa Casa continues to work for the benefit of the people.”