Chega President Andre Ventura said this Saturday that he expects the Prime Minister to announce the resignation of Infrastructure Minister João Galamba and Environment Minister Duarte Cordeiro, and also said that he would summon Mario Centena to Parliament.
“What I hope to hear today [este sábado] is that he will fire Joao Galamba and fire Duarte Cordeiro. If this is not the case, it is a great disappointment,” said Andre Ventura this Saturday in Golegán, Santarém district, during a visit to the Fair of São Martinho, the National Horse Fair and the International Horse Fair of Lusitano, when asked. journalists about the expectations regarding the message announced today at 20:00 by António Costa.
“The only thing that the prime minister can do with dignity is to remove these names that undermine confidence in democracy,” Ventura said.
The Chegi leader also believes that if António Costa does not fire these two ministers, the country will plunge into “a huge swamp until the day of the legislative elections” scheduled for March 10.
Andre Ventura, following a court case that linked members of the government to the lithium and hydrogen business and which led to the resignation of António Costa, also said he would summon the current governor of the Bank of Portugal, Mario Centeno, to parliament to ask for clarification on his proposed nomination for the post of prime minister. minister.
“The nomination from the Socialist Party (PS) does not depend on him, another thing, judging by the news from this Saturday, he was free and would agree to become the new Prime Minister of the PS,” he emphasized. Chega leader.
“I don’t think any Portuguese understands that a man supposedly of independence and impartiality has agreed to become prime minister of whatever government it may be,” he said, indicating that he wanted Mario Centeno to go to Parliament must “clarify” and “explain whether you believe you have the conditions to continue as governor of the Bank of Portugal.”
“We don’t think so, but let him say his justice,” concluded Andre Ventura, present this Saturday in Golegana, where he visited thousands of visitors, stopping to chat and take selfies with those who asked him for what he considered it necessary. be an “extraordinary reception.”
President Chegi also left a promise in the town of Ribatejo: “We are going to give back to the rural world the dignity and status it deserves. This is a treaty, and what better person to negotiate this treaty than Goleghan.”
Prime Minister António Costa will meet on Tuesday with the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to discuss the situation in the government of the Minister of Infrastructure, a source in the executive branch told Luse this Saturday.
On Thursday, attending a meeting of the PS National Political Commission in Lisbon, the Prime Minister already said that he would talk to the head of state about the position of a minister in the executive branch after João Galamba was named as a defendant in the lithium business case in Lisbon. Boticas and Montalegre, hydrogen and Sines data center.
This Saturday, the Prime Minister will address the country from his official residence in Sao Bento at 20:00.
On Friday, at a hearing on the draft state budget for 2024, João Galamba assured that he would not resign.
On Tuesday, following a court case that links him to the lithium and hydrogen business, the prime minister tendered his resignation to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and announced that he would not run again in the early legislative elections planned by the head of state in the meantime. on March 10th.
The PS General Secretary has also become the subject of an investigation by the Ministry of Justice in the Supreme Court after suspects in the case named him as the person who interfered with the unblocking procedure.
There are a total of nine defendants in the case, including the Minister of Infrastructure, the President of the Portuguese Environment Agency Nuno Lacasta, lawyer and former PS representative João Thiago Silveira and the company Start Campus.
Five people were detained for questioning: the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, Vitor Escaria, the mayor of Sines, Nuno Mascarenhas, two administrators of the Start Campus society, Afonso Salema and Rui Oliveira Neves, as well as lawyer Diogo Lacerda Machado, a friend of Antonio. Costa.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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