The President of the Republic this Wednesday relativized the preliminary report of the commission of inquiry on the TAP, saying that he was waiting for the final version and wanted to see who approves it, read the statements and the protocol of the vote.
Speaking to reporters at the exit of the Santa Cruz hospital in the municipality of Oeiras, Lisbon district, after being discharged from the hospital, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa referred to the preliminary report presented this Wednesday by PS MP Ana Paula Bernardo: Today they have other, more important things to do “.
To the next question about this document, which was criticized by opposition parties, the head of state replied: “I have not read it yet. For a very simple reason: I love reading final reports and therefore pre-records don’t taste the same, it’s like a dress rehearsal for a play.”
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa added that he wants to “let it be approved, see who approves, see the voting statements of those who don’t, read the minutes, see it all.”
To the question whether he would read the preliminary report of the parliamentary commission investigating the political guardianship of the TAR leadership this Wednesday evening, the president of the republic replied: “You don’t want my tension to change again, do you? Enough”. .
The parties may submit until July 10 proposals to amend the preliminary version of the report, which was heard on Tuesday close to midnight and presented this Wednesday at a press conference. The document will be discussed and put to a vote in the committee on July 13 and considered at the plenary meeting on July 19.
This commission of inquiry, which began work in February, was proposed by Block de Esquerda following a controversial half-million-euro compensation paid to Alexandra Reis, then through NAV and Secretary of State for the Treasury, for your departure from TAP.