Chega called for the resignation of the Minister of Territorial Cohesion, this Friday, after various news about requests for community funds by Ana Abrunhosa’s husband and after André Ventura questioned António Costa, in the general policy debate, about whether there were conditions for the ruler. to continue in office.
“We already had legal doubts, we already had ethical certainties, now Chega also has political certainties: The Minister of Cohesion cannot continue to be a minister”, stressed André Ventura, stressing that the Government and António Costa “decided to cover up” the actions of the ruler, even after the news that her husband had acquired community funds.
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The leader of Chega points out that the “new information demonstrate that Costa was wrong and that the minister has no conditions”, that is, because, “together with the situation of great ethical conflict” of European support, Ana Abrunhosa’s husband is “associated to obtain these funds with a convicted of corruption“, According to the news advanced by Expresso.
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Given the facts, André Ventura considers that the continuity of Ana Abrunhosa “will be of more wear and tear for the Government, less credibility for the institutions and less ethics within the Government.”
“The government is going the wrong way, it is making pseudo reforms and artificial reforms that are not the reforms that the country needs and are the path to disaster. It is the absolute majority that has disappeared and has been emptied faster in the history of Portugal”, stressed the president of Chega.
The request reiterated by André Ventura comes after several parties questioned the prime minister about the case, during the general policy debate, and after the controversy with a PS deputy who asked that Carlos Guimarães Pinto’s statement be erased. , MP from IL, who had called for the minister’s resignation or the return of funds from her husband’s companies.
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Source: Observadora
