PSD leader says TAP CFO ‘lied to Parliament’ and asks government’s position

This Monday, the President of the PSD accused the CFO of TAP of lying to Parliament and challenged the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister to take a stand on this “lack of truth” Goncalo Pires.

“I want to call on the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister to take a stand regarding the unreliability of the testimony given to the parliamentary commission of inquiry by this responsible person,” Luis Montenegro said in statements to journalists at the end of the meeting of the Standing Committee of the PSD at the national headquarters of the party.

Asked if he understood that the CFO (CFO) of TAP should be fired, the SDP president conveyed the decision to the government, although he said this “lack of truth” in the parliamentary inquiry “makes it impossible to fulfill the required conditions”. to complete the task.”

“But this is our opinion, it is important to know the opinion of the finance minister,” he said.

Luis Montenegro emphasized that TAP’s CFO “reports directly to the Minister of Finance”: “TAP’s CFO lied in the commission of inquiry and this must have consequences,” he insisted.

Asked if the former rulers also have responsibilities, the SDP chairman believes that “it is becoming quite clear that over the past few months there has been little truth in the statements of government members on this issue.” .

“There is too much confusion in the air, people who said they didn’t know, but based on documentary evidence, they were really directly involved in the distribution of compensation,” he said, without naming names.

The PSD leader said he did not want to prejudge the CPI’s conclusions, but stressed that the hearings only started a week ago and “there is already evidence that the process was very poorly explained.”

Last week, TAP CFO Goncalo Pires ruled out knowing about the agreement to leave former administrator Alexandra Reis from the airline.

“I didn’t make the decision and didn’t help make it,” he told a parliamentary commission investigating the activities of the TAP.

Gonzalo Pires explained that he was aware of the departure, but only “unofficially” from a message from TAP executive president Christine Urmier-Widener in a WhatsApp message a few days before the official confirmation.

However, according to TVI/CNN, the CFO’s version contrasts with Christine Urmier-Widener’s, which will be heard on Tuesday in the same committee, according to which Goncalo Pires was briefed from the start of Alexandra’s exit process from the Kings.