Former deputy Carlos Eduardo Reis
PSD deputy Carlos Eduardo Reis announced this Friday that he will suspend his term at the end of the month for losing the political confidence of the bench direction-although saying he does not agree with this position.
Carlos Eduardo Reisone of the accused by the Public Prosecution Service (MP) under the Tutti Frutti process, will SUSPEND YOUR MANDATE OF PSDNo Parliament.
This after being pressured by its parliamentary leader, Hugo Soareson Wednesday, asked Carlos Eduardo Reis Follow the example of Luís Newton and suspend the mandate.
The deputy will follow the recommendation, but It was contradicted.
In an interview with, the deputy said that, for his will, he would fulfill the status of deputy and would await the definitive accusation of the Tutti Frutti process, and I would only suspend the mandate if it was pronouncedthat is, after the instruction phase.
However, Carlos Eduardo Reis said that he will not contradict the position of his superiors in the party: “I realized that the direction of the parliamentary group does not think this … There is a limit that I also put, is that of political trust, I already realized that there is no political confidence”He lamented.
For this reason, he said, he will not continue as a deputy against the will of the parliamentary group nor will he pass to an unregistered deputy.
“My opinion is that I should continue, but at the end of the month, after fulfilling obligations that I have there, I will suspend functions in the parliamentary group,” he said.
Attacks to Hugo Soares
On his condition as councilor in Barcelos City Council, Carlos Eduardo Reis said he had the intention to fulfill it until the end.
“I had no opportunity to talk to the mayor, but I think that in Barcelos is fulfilled the law, ”he said, indirectly attacking Hugo Soares.
The deputy considered that, in this process, it is replacing the “presumption of innocence for the presumption of guilt” and even to violate the Deputies Statutesaying that “the parliamentary group accuses faster than the prosecutor.”
“I don’t want to make this subject a war between me and the leader of the parliamentary group. If my party understands that there is no political confidence to continue, I will not continue, ”he said, referring to the deputy mandate.
On Wednesday, PSD parliamentary leader Hugo Soares said he was going to ask Carlos Eduardo Reis, accused by the prosecutor under the Tutti Frutti process, to SUSPEND YOUR MANDATE NOW of PSD deputy.
In the interview with SIC Notícias, the deputy did not spare the implicit criticism Hugo Soares, considering that the meeting for two for which he was waiting “was replaced by a public meeting.”
“There is no shock between me and the parliamentary group, there are different views. If I was a leader of the parliamentary group, I would call those involved trying to address the issue with a time other than the Newspaper, ”he said.
On Tuesday, the prosecutor deduced accusations against the process ‘Tutti Frutti’ for crimes of corruption, prevarication, bleaching and influence trafficking.
Among the accused are two PSD deputies, Luís Newton – who had already announced that he would ask for the suspension – and Carlos Eduardo Reis, who was abroad in parliamentary representation.
