Fernando Veludo / Lusa
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro
Prime Minister’s wife and children have real estate purchase and sale company. Hugo Soares defends government leader.
Spinumviva is a company that was founded and managed by Luís Montenegro. Now it belongs to the wife and the two children. It will be a real estate purchase and sale company, which may imply a eventual due to the new soil law.
In addition, as Montenegro is married in communion of acquired with his wife, he is also a potential beneficiary of the eventual profits made by the company.
But Hugo Soares assures that there is no conflict of interest, in this case: “This company that is detained by the family of Luís Montenegro never made any transaction of any property, has no property and is, effectively, a consulting firm“.
“It has no real estate who has done no real estate business, has no property in that company, nor does it intend to do any business in real estate business. The news is false and is effectively a not subject ”, He reinforced the parliamentary leader of the PSD, adding: “People have the right to work, to perform functions, to contribute, also, to the exercise of their profession and the scope of their family life to what is community life.”
But the PS Secretary-General, Pedro Nuno Santoswants the Prime Minister to give explanations About the “cases” involving members of the government, so that “no doubt and suspicion are adhedient.”
“I really believe there are good explanations for any of these cases. But even to prevent doubts and suspicion from adhering, it is very important that the Prime Minister give clarification and make statements to journalists, ”he said.
The socialist leader insisted on the need for the head of the government to clarify “not only about the case that is reported today by Correio da Manhã and that directly involves him, but also other secretaries of state,” he told reporters in Lousada, in the district of Porto, where he participated in an initiative of the Federation of Porto to analyze the situation in the region of Tâmega and Sousa.
The socialist leader also recalled that when Luís Montenegro was in the opposition “he always made a point of demanding explanations from the previous government.”
The clarifications of Luís Montenegro in these cases “are necessary for Do not lose confidence in institutions and politicians, ”he said.
For Pedro Nuno Santos, “a prime minister and a politician have to be subject to the questions that journalists ask, so that people who are at home have their questions clarified.”
He pointed out the PS leader that “all matters related to conflicts of interest are very important in political life and public life”, so that “there is no doubt that the decisions that have been made have no purpose of their own or close benefit”. .
Pedro Nuno Santos recalled that the prime minister since January 20, except, stressed, when, on February 3, “spoke of a presidential candidacy he supports.”
Also the Arrives asked for explanations To the Prime Minister about the news of Correio da Manhã, demanding that, in the next few hours, Luís Montenegro, “give the country a serious and clarifying clarification of this situation”, about any eventual conflicts of interest to the Prime Minister, referring that if this It will not happen “the political actions will be triggered to hold the head of government responsible.”
