The mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, denied this Thursday that former minister Pedro Nuno Santos is “solely responsible” for TAP’s actions, arguing that the airline’s problem is not financial, but “installed vices.”
Refusing to comment on the resignations in the Government, Rui Moreira stressed, however, that “once again at the epicenter of a crisis” is TAP. “What is born crooked rarely gets straightened out,” he defended.
Apart from the presentation of the mobility and security plan in the city for the New Year, the mayor, who was considered one of the “dissonant voices” regarding the airline’s performance, defended that TAP’s problems are not economic, but “installation”. vices”.
“TAP costs all of us money. I, as a Portuguese and as a taxpayer, am outraged by the situation of a company in which we are constantly pouring resources and that causes huge problems, and the problem is no longer just a financial problem, the problem is a problem of installed vices. We saw the The issue of cars, this administrator, the remuneration of the administration,” he said.
And he added: “I think that trying to find the minister Pedro Nuno Santos as the only person responsible for what is happening in TAP is not reaching into our conscience and realizing that the country has been calmly looking at what is happening in TAP”.
After emphasizing that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Housing is “absolutely crucial for the proper functioning of the country”, the independent mayor said that he hopes that the departure of Pedro Nuno Santos does not cause “ruptures” in the strategic decisions of the Government.
Regarding the future of that Ministry, Rui Moreira said that he hopes that the housing policies will be maintained and that the railway plan “does not go backwards.” “It would be important that there are no interruptions in these two areas that are fundamental.” he watched him.
The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, presented his resignation on Wednesday night to the Prime Minister, António Costa, who accepted it.
In a statement released this Thursday by the office of the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos explained that “given public perception and the collective sentiment generated around” the TAP case, he decided to “assume political responsibility and present his resignation.” ”, already accepted by Prime Minister António Costa.
The Minister of Finance, Fernando Medina, dismissed the Secretary of State for Finance on Tuesday, less than a month after the inauguration of Alexandra Reis and after four days of controversy over the compensation of 500,000 euros from TAP, supervised by Pedro Nuno Santos.
Source: Observadora
