Alberto Machado, PSD deputy
PSD deputy asked to suspend his term as a deputy for personal reasons – but the deputies suspect that they want to be mayor again.
The Transparency Commission postponed one decision About the request of the social democrat Alberto Machado to suspend your deputy mandate for personal reasonsas it is suspected that it intends to resume functions of mayor.
Parliamentary source advanced to the agency Lusa that this unusual decision taken by the Parliamentary Transparency Committee not to accept and immediately authorize a request for suspension of mandate under the justification “for personal reasons” was taken by majority, against the will of the PSD deputies.
In February last year, Ana Rita Dias replaced Alberto Machado as Mayor of Vila Pouca de AguiarVila Real district, after this formalizing his candidacy for deputy for the AD (Democratic Alliance) in the last legislative elections.
Alberto Machado then assumed the term of deputy of the PSD for the Vila Real circle in the Assembly of the Republic, integrating the Parliamentary Commission of Agriculture.
Recently, however, he made a request to the Parliamentary Transparency Committee to Suspend your term as a deputy for personal reasons. But in parallel, he also formally reported to the Vila Pouca de Aguiar Chamber that intended to resume his duties as president From the municipality, removing from Ana Rita Dias, who had replaced him last February.
However, according to a parliamentary source, in view of this communication that Alberto Machado headed to the Vila Pouca de Aguiar Chamber, most of the members of the Transparency Commission doubts on the real reasons inherent to the request for suspension of the deputy mandate.
The decision made, therefore, was to have the chairman of the Transparency Commission, the social democrat Ophelia Ramos, to question formally Alberto Machado on the real reasons for the suspension of mandate. Alberto Machado was warned since cannot use this regimental figure (invoking personal motives) to actually resume the place of mayor.
It’s understanding unanimous Among the members of the Transparency Committee that Alberto Machado cannot suspend his mandate as a deputy to perform the functions of Mayor. If you do it falls immediately in a situation of incompatibility.
However, during the meeting, the PSD opposed and condemned the decision to postpone The acceptance of the request for suspension of mandate of his deputy, considering that he is facing “a process of intent” and not before a deliberation based on fact.
Alberto Machado, a degree in Education, was the first time elected mayor of Vila Pouca de Aguiar in 2013.
At another point in the transparency committee meeting, the Survey of the Parliamentary Immunity of the deputy of the arrival, Sandra Ribeiroelected by the Algarve, to respond in a process by defamation.
According to a source of the arrival, this process of defamation against Deputy Sandra Ribeiro, a member of the Parliamentary Health Commission, came from an internal issue and was a reason for a former party member.
