After cases of pacing, prostitution of minors and driving under the influence of alcohol, this is the latest controversy to shake André Ventura’s party.
The Public Prosecution Service accused the national counselor of arrives, João Rogério Veloso Silva, of damage and aggravated threat, committed in 2023, against António José Cardoso, a party militant.
João Rogério Silva, who is also leader of the party in Oliveira do Hospital, is accused of having resorted to a knife to threaten death his internal rival.
O (JN) Advances that João Rogério Silva will have Still destroyed the victim’s car, who is no longer a party militant and was also a candidate for the hospital council of Oliveira. The damage was evaluated at 1856 €.
According to the dispatch of prosecution, to which JN had access, the victim began to feel “fear for his physical integrity and his life.”
António José Cardoso, in statements to JN, says that life itself was at risk, and says it did not die “because it did not fall.” The victim also claims that João Rogério Silva will have confessed the crime in court.
“He confessed to court and publicly as well. After doing that, he called a series of witnesses to say what he did and even the GNR confessed.”
The situation was denounced to the National Jurisdiction Council of the arrival that did not depart the leader.
The publication of Thursday of JN reveals that the party leader, who did not speak to the victim for almost two years, called him last week to invite him to be a candidate for the Hospital Chamber for the municipalities who are held This year.
André Ventura referred to the case as “a misunderstanding”, account António José Cardoso.
