The Assistant secretary of State, of the Treasury and Finance, Ricardo Mourinho Félix, denies having signed any document of commitment with the new administration of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD), led by António Domingues, refuting a story advanced by SIC Notícias. In statements to the TSF, the secretary of State ensures that "there is no written document" about this matter.
SIC News has moved forward with the information that António Domingues would have sent to the minister of Finance, Mário Centeno, the conditions are written to assume the presidency of the CGD, and this referred the document to Ricardo Mourinho Félix. Also, according to the news channel, the secretary of State signed the document and returned it to tony wright, and the president of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has been informed of this process.
TO TSF, Ricardo Mourinho Félix contradicted this information, ensuring that "this agreement does not exist" and that "it was not the target of any conversation with the president of the Republic because [the document] does not exist". The secretary of State insists that there was, yes, there were "conversations very candid" and an understanding that "there was trust" and which was girded about them to the need to amend the statute of the public managers.
The existence or non-existence of a written agreement with the Government, which established the conditions of the new managers of CGD has been at the centre of the political debate. On Thursday evening, on the program Squaring the Circle, of SIC Notícias, António Lobo Xavier stated that the agreement exists and, "it is written" and the PUBLIC non-executive director of BPI and friend tony wright said he was "surprised" with the reaction of the Government to these his statements, saying, "perfectly conscious of what he said". Daily Newss and the Express advance, in the editions of this Saturday, that the alleged written commitment will be provided in e-mails.
On Friday, PSD and CDS-PP have demanded clarification from the Government on this issue. The leader of the parliamentary group of the social democrats Luis Montenegro, announced the same that the party has sent two applications – one to the minister of Finance and the other to the president of the board of directors of CGD – asking that if you explain whether or not there is an agreement about the (non) presentation of income for the administrators of the GBD to the Constitutional Court. “There is an agreement established between the Government and the administration of the Box [General Deposits] that is today in functions. It is clear, there is an agreement and only this can justify the circumstance of the minister of Finance, urged so many times, do not have the ability to contradict what is news that is public”, I say, Luis Montenegro, quoted by the Lusa news agency.
In the requirements delivered this Friday on the bureau of the Assembly of the Republic, the PSD asks that it be clarified "who, when, and with which the foundation was established and formalised this agreement", explained Luís Montenegro. The documents request that the Government submit to Parliament and to members that subscribe to the requirements "the terms of the written agreement, is it formalized in a document or through exchange of correspondence". Also the leader of the CDS-PP, Assumption Ridges, demanded that the Government confirm or desminta if there is agreement, and if this was transmitted to the President of the Republic. The parliamentary group of centrist sent a question to the prime minister, António Costa, inquiring whether or not there is “an agreement, written or verbal, including through e-mail confirmation, with the president (at that time designated) of CGD in relation to the non delivery of income”, he quotes the Daily News.
António Domingues has remained silent on the subject, and should continue to do so, waiting for the new administrators of the GBD to send to the Constitutional Court, the justification for the non-delivery of the statement of income.
However, there have been known, on Friday the results of the first nine months of the GBD, which point to a loss of 189,3 million euros, very far from the 3.4 million profit recorded in the same period last year.
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