The President of the Republic pointed out this Wednesday to the Portuguese airline TAP “a problem of common sense”, after news about the purchase of luxury cars for managers and directors, advocating moderation in difficult times.
“I have already spoken in relation to several public entities in the past and in relation to the distribution of dividends and in relation to salaries and I understand that when you are in a difficult moment you have to make an effort to set an example of containment,” he defended. today Marcelo Souza Rebel.
This is how the head of state reacted when confronted with the news that TAP ordered dozens of luxury cars for CEOs and senior managers, an investigation by CNN Portugal, according to which these vehicles will replace the current fleet of airline vehicles. .
In the opinion of the President of the Republic, it is understandable that companies make expenses, but he defended that it is necessary “to have some common sense” when the country and the world are going through a “difficult moment.”
“It is a problem of common sense”, he concluded, in statements to journalists, at the Palácio de Belém, in Lisbon.
Source: Observadora
