Hernani Dias, former Secretary of State for Local Administration and former Mayor of Bragança.
The Secretary of State for Local Administration, Hernani Dias, resigned to the Prime Minister, who accepted it, after the controversy with the creation of two real estate that may benefit from the new soil law.
Hernani Dias justifies the dismissal with the intention of protecting the government’s stability, the prime minister and his family, and ensures that he is of “absolutely quiet consciousness”.
The departure of the Secretary of State occurs after reporting that Hernani Dias already after entering the government, who may benefit from the. Note that it is the State Secretariat of State Administration that protects the amendments to this law.
A week earlier, it was also advanced that Hernâni Dias is being by the European Attorney’s Office for suspected of having received counterparts from a construction company when it was a mayor of Bragança.
Hernani Dias has already refused to have committed any illegality, stating that he is “absolutely quiet” and acted “with total transparency.”
Hernani Dias suspends mandate to be heard in Parliament
In the letter of dismissal of the Secretary of State for Local Administration, to which Lusa had access, Hernani Dias also announced that will suspend the mandate as a deputy to be heard in Parliament.
“My resignation It has nothing to do with fear To clarify the issues that have been conveyed by the media, ”said the secretary of state from the dismissal letter.
Hernani Dias also expresses the “will and full availability for Provide all clarifications to the competent authorities ”.
The ruler states that, now, awaits the approval of his hearing already requested by several parties, to “full clarification of all subjects, as soon as possible”, in order to “end misinformation that has been widespread ”.
“Unjustified falsehoods, misrepresentations and insinuations”
Hernani Dias said he was being confronted with “a news vacancy which contain false falsehoods, misrepresentations and insinuations. ”
“Although they refer to situations totally disconnected from the functions that performance, I understand that it is my obligation protect government stability And in particular, the position of the Prime Minister, ”he said.
The former mayor also considered that “in political life it has to be managed to assume” decisions, stressing that he understands that, at this moment, “continuity as secretary of state could be seen as a negative factor, soon harmful to government work“.
“This decision also arises from the need to Protect my family And preserve their privacy and well-being, which, in view of the current circumstances, have become vulnerable, ”he said.
Hernani Dias also reinforced in the dismissal letter that always guided his life “by principles of legality and transparencyfor the values of the defense of the public thing, with a high sense of responsibility, correction and rigor ”.
Finally, Hernani Dias thanked “deeply” to Prime Minister “The Honor” and “Confidence” for having chosen him for the position he now leaves.
