The Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) into the twins case is considering filing a complaint with the Bar and the Public Prosecutor’s Office against the twins’ mother’s lawyer, Wilson Bicalho, after the agent invoked professional privilege to avoid answering questions. deputies at Friday’s hearing in parliament.
“I would very much like to respond, so I made a request to the Order, but the request was rejected,” the lawyer defended himself. In response, the CPI decided to give 48 hours for the delivery of the request for an opinion and the response to the order itself, and to ask the institution to confirm the two documents.
On Wednesday, the Commission will consider whether to continue considering the complaint and whether to seek a lifting of professional secrecy so that Wilson Bicalho can be summoned to a new hearing, this time behind closed doors.
The hearing did not even go beyond the questions of Chega, the first party to take the floor before Daniela Martins’ lawyer, and the witness remained silent at the first question from Andre Ventura, who wanted to know when he met the children’s mother.
A position that has provoked protests from all sides. António Rodrigues (PSD) called it a “farce” and even asked for the hearing to be removed from the record because it was “shameful testimony”. André Rijo (PS) said it was “discrediting” and that “it was not a parliamentary decision, but regrettable”.
After a closed hearing that CPI President Rui Paulo Sousa (Chega) called “unacceptable,” the twins’ mother’s lawyer told reporters that “the law is clear” and that you are dealing with Parliament to ask the Order’s opinion.
Wilson Bicalho issued only an initial statement, where he classified the allegations against his client, made at the previous hearing, as “calculated lies told to the face of the Portuguese without compassion and simply to play behind-the-scenes games.” . He guaranteed that there is no evidence of a crime on the part of the children’s mother, “despite the political and media violence” carried out by the media, and that Oeiras DIAP itself stated that “there is not even any basis for the accusations.” “.
Regarding the treatment provided to the girls at a cost of four million euros, the lawyer emphasized that “they were not ahead of any user” and that the twins “had to wait the longest, six months.”
The lawyer also asked for the rest of the hearing to be held behind closed doors as he claimed the “images were distorted”, which MPs rejected.
Author: Joao Reis Alves
Source: CM Jornal
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