Almost a week and three dismissals later, Fernando Medina finally ruled on the case that shook national politics in the last days of 2022. In the lobby of the Ministry of Economy, after a conference to review the year that brought together three ministries, It has been a room, Infrastructures, which has washed its hands. In 20 minutes of questions and answers to journalists, Medina did not limit himself to giving explanations. He went from calm to irritated, not forgiving TAP management, threatening lawsuits against “journalists and commentators” and guaranteeing that “those who play low” will “respond with truth and elevation”.

The scrutiny of Alexandra Reis that did not exist “up to that point”

It was not the professional percursion of Alexandra Reis that led Fernando Medina to request the dismissal of his Secretary of State, more than the circumstances of the attribution of compensation, or that he withdrew “authority” from himself and from the Ministry of Finance pending the relationship with the cities and the country. This was one of the main lines of argument in the defense of the Minister of Finance when questioned by journalists, among other things because Fernando Medina did not skimp on praising Alexandra Reis’ management skills and experience: he said in his “untouchable” resume , which “does not have to be pinched”, in a “well-known” executive, with “very extensive experience in the private sector”, as well as in public management – and, above all, in a complex file such as that of TAP.

TAP’s explanations that brought down the Secretary of State for the Treasury

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