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The PSD requested this Thursday copies of the records and audio recordings from the Public Security Police on the incidents at the Ministry of Infrastructure on April 26 and from the Judicial Police for elements related to the computer of former deputy Frederico Pinheiro.
In the request, addressed to the president of the parliamentary commission of inquiry (CPI) for the political supervision of the management of TAP, the Social Democrats affirm that, on the night of April 26, 2023, the PSP was called to intervene in the Ministry . of Infrastructure (MI) twice.
“The first, with the supposed objective of safely escorting the employee Frederico Pinheiro out, who was carrying a computer; the second, to presumably safeguard the physical integrity of the chief of staff and her collaborators after an alleged contempt of Frederico Pinheiro ”, they point out.
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“Considering conflicting versions of what happened“, the PSD parliamentary group requests from the PSP a copy of the minutes (of participation) of the events that occurred on the night of April 26 that led the PSP to the facilities of the Ministry of Infrastructure and a copy of the audios of the telephone calls requesting the intervention of the PSP.
To the Judicial Police, the PSD requests the sending of the “copy of the record of the aforementioned fact” and the “description of the procedures adopted for the conservation of the evidence, namely, for the conservation of the computer that will have been delivered by the SIS to the PJ”.
On Wednesday, the CPI to TAP approved the IL’s proposal for the “immediate hearing” of Minister João Galamba, having decided to also hear the exonerated deputy, Frederico Pinheiro, and the head of the Infrastructure minister’s cabinet.
The BE’s request for “documents and/or files classified by the National Security Office, as well as the other documents/files related to TAP, stored in the service computer of the Vice Minister of Infrastructure, Frederico Pinheiro” was also unanimously approved.
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When presenting this request, the deputy of the blockade Mariana Mortágua explained that “without dramas” the objective is only one: “see if there is information on that computer that could be useful to this commission of inquiry.”.
The case involved complaints against Frederico Pinheiro for physical violence at the Ministry of Infrastructure and theft of a laptop, after being fired, and the controversy increased when the intervention of the Information and Security Service (SIS) was confirmed in the recovery of that computer. informed.
On Tuesday night, the Prime Minister, António Costa, rejected the resignation of the Minister of Infrastructure, João Galamba, which had been addressed to him half an hour earlier, being issued that same night by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. an official note in which he expressed his disagreement with the decision of the head of government.
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Source: Observadora
