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The Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro.
The wife and two sons of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, have a real estate purchase and sale company, which may imply a possible conflict of interest due to the new soil law.
Montenegro was a founder and manager of Spinumvivabut is no longer a partner since June 2022, a month after being elected president of the PSD, as the Prime Minister himself told (CM) himself.
However, as it is married in communion of acquired With his wife, it is also a potential beneficiary of the eventual profits made by the company.
Spinumviva may also benefit from the Montenegro government in November 2024.
A change to the law allows reclassification of rustic soils in urban soilswhich values its value in the real estate market.
We are, therefore, before a potential conflict of interest Similar to what led to the fall of the Secretary of State for Local Administration and Planning of the Territory, who resigned from office in January, after the revelation that he had created a real estate company after the law’s approval.
Speaking of conflict of interest is “absurd,” says Montenegro
But Montenegro considers that “It’s absurd” talk about conflict of interest in your case.
“It was not even going to be An activity of the company Any real estate operation generating conflict of interest, ”says the prime minister in a response sent to CM.
“Never has been, it is not and it will not be Object of the activity of the company any real estate business linked to legislative amendment ”, he says.
Montenegro points out that when he created the company, he intended to “incorporate the Heritage ”inherited from parents and “revitalize it.” Thus, Spinumviva intended to act in the area of “Agricultural and Tourism Exploration“, He points out.
But “this project never came true because I have returned to active political life,” he notes.
“The company did not buy or sold, nor will it buy or sell anything”it also highlights.
“From the vast social object of this company, only the provision of consulting in the context of personal data protection was executed”, and “by irony of the destination, the Social Communication Group that integrates Correio da Manhã was one of the customers,” he also finds in the note sent to the newspaper.
