Lack of cohesion between the BoP, the Finance and the bank dictated Banif destination – Express

“From the moment that broke cohesion (between the Bank of Portugal, the Ministry of Finance and the the administration of Banif) and went on to be disagreement over the fate of the bank before the political vacuum in the country was , the Brussels bureaucratic empire impos its rules, “said the former foreign minister and former president of Banif’s board of directors, the parliamentary commission of inquiry of the bank founded by Horacio Roque.

Luís Amado refers to the period between the elections and the new government took office. On Tuesday, Jorge Tomé, the last president of Banif said in committee that the Bank of Portugal changed its attitude towards the Banif destination at that time and it was amazing.

The former minister Foreign criticism of lack of intervention and political action by the Government to the European authorities in the defense of a solution for Banif, whose fate always have impact on the Portuguese economy and the autonomous regions where the bank was strong. “What happened should make us

rethink our relationship with the European Union. From the moment the position of the European authorities regarding the Banif was so decisive, the discussion would have to be passed to the political level. It was a bank State, it was not a private bank, was not the Banco Espírito Santo. it was obvious to me that should have be a moment of political decision, “he stresses.