This Thursday, the PSD requested copies of the recordings and audio recordings of the Public Security Police of the incidents at the Ministry of Infrastructure on April 26 and the Judicial Police for elements related to the computer of the former MP Frederico Pinheiro.
In a request addressed to the Chairman of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPS) for political supervision of the administration of the TAP, the Social Democrats state that on the night of April 26, 2023, the PSP was called to interfere in the affairs of the ministry. infrastructure (MI) twice.
“The first, with the alleged purpose of safely escorting employee Frederico Pinheiro to the exit, who was carried out of the computer; the second, ostensibly to protect the physical integrity of the Chief of Staff and her staff after an alleged disrespect for Federico Pineiro.” , they note.
“Given the conflicting versions of what happened”, the SDP Parliamentary Group asks the PSP for a copy of the protocol (of participation) of the events that took place on the night of April 26, which led the PSP to the premises of the Ministry of Infrastructure. and a copy of the audio recording of telephone conversations requesting police intervention.
As part of the commission of inquiry, the OSChS sent two more requests, one of which concerned “emails hidden by the Ministry of Infrastructure.”
Thus, the Social Democrats ask the Ministry of João Galamba “all emails from 2020 inclusive exchanged between TAP and any element of the Ministry of Infrastructure”, namely: Pedro Nuno Santos, Joao Galamba, Hugo Méndez, María Araujo, Eugenia Cabasu, Frederico Pinheiro. and ministry office.
The Social Democrats also ask Parpública in another request for “mandatory instructions or letters from the government, addressed to Parpública and requested by this organization, regarding TAP, namely regarding the buyout of the share capital, in 2017, 2020 nationalization and privatization 2015”.
The PSD asks the Judicial Police to send “a copy of the record of the mentioned incident” and “a description of the procedures adopted for the preservation of evidence, namely for the preservation of the computer that will be delivered by the SIS to the SP.”
On Wednesday, the CPI at TAP approved IL’s proposal for an “immediate hearing” on Minister Joao Galamba, deciding to also hear the rehabilitated deputy Frederico Pinheiro and the chief of staff to the chief of infrastructure.
The BE’s request for “documents and/or files classified by the National Security Administration, as well as other documents/files related to TAP, stored on the office computer of Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Frederico Pinheiro” was also unanimously approved.
When she submitted this request, blockade deputy Mariana Mortagua explained that “without drama” there is only one goal: “to check if there is information on this computer that could be useful to this commission of inquiry.”
The case concerned allegations against Frederico Pinheiro of physical abuse at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the theft of a laptop computer after being fired, and the controversy intensified when the intervention of the Information and Security Service (SIS) in the recovery of this computer was reported.
On Tuesday evening, Prime Minister António Costa rejected the resignation of Infrastructure Minister Joao Galamba, which was sent to him half an hour ago, and the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the same evening, an official note in which he expressed his disagreement with the decision of the head of government.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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