Brillante Dias warns that Gomes Cravinho could become a victim of those who committed crimes

The leader of the PS Parliament noted this Monday that the accusations against Minister João Gomes Craviño come from the defendant in the “Perfect Storm” case and that he could be a victim of someone who has committed crimes.

This position was expressed by Eurico Brillante Diaz in statements to journalists at the Ponte de Sor airfield in the Portalegre district, as part of the decentralized meetings of the leadership of the PS parliamentary group.

Asked whether João Gomes Craviño has the political conditions to continue to carry out public functions after the latest developments within the “Perfect Storm” process, Eurico Brillante Dias asked to carefully read the news published by the weekly Expresso last Friday.

“It worries me that people don’t read all the news that comes out in the Friday weekly newspaper. The news says in black and white that the person in question, in this case the accused, is a person,” says the same newspaper that was listened to along with other accused plotting a strategy to attract politicians,” reacted the leader of the socialist bench.

The chairman of the PS parliamentary group said it was difficult for him to engage in politics, blaming the current Foreign Minister João Gomes Craviño, “when it is known that this group of people, who are naturally and legally entitled to the presumption of innocence, have been heard trying to involve politicians in order to divert attention ”

“At this stage, the easiest way is to blame the minister who was in power. He is likely becoming a victim of those who commented on the crimes in the Ministry of Defense. We must support all investigations that reveal the truth. minister who was on duty is just a way to divert attention. This is probably what the current defendants wanted,” warned the chairman of the PS parliamentary group.

Eurico Brillante Diaz repeated his thesis that “the defense sector needs a general audit.” “Today we have news that the inspection is actually being carried out at the initiative of the minister,” added Helena Carreiras.

On Friday, the foreign minister “strongly and unequivocally” denied any connection to alleged corruption at the Defense Ministry, reiterating that he was not involved in the controversial contract with former Secretary of State Marco Capitan Ferreira.

Expresso reported that one of the defendants in the Perfect Storm case, Paulo Branco, then responsible for finance at the General Directorate of National Defense Resources, accused João Gomes Craviño of signing a consulting contract worth about 50 thousand euros. with Marco Capitan Ferreira.

According to the weekly, Paulo Branco said that then-Defense Minister João Gomes Cravinho “agreed” or even “asked” for a consulting contract with Captain Ferreira to compensate him and “catch up on the bills” for the work. was carried out by a “ghost commission” operating within his office.

This accusation was denied by João Gomes Cravinho.

“I categorically and unequivocally reject the proposal in the headline of the Expresso newspaper,” said João Gomes Cravinho.