José Coelho / Lusa
The President of arrives, André Ventura
Four arrival deputies have participation in real estate: “Deputies have to immediately detach themselves.”
The revelation came last week during a debate in the Assembly of the Republic: There are deputies of the arrival also involved in real estate.
André Ventura that the fact that Luís Montenegro’s family has a real estate purchase and sale is synonymous with “suspected absolute corruption”.
But during the debate, Hugo Soares, While rejecting any conflict of interest in the case of the Prime Minister, he asked André Ventura how many deputies have in his bench with connections to the real estate sector.
The Leader of the arrival. There, the parliamentary leader of the PSD announced that he was going document where “the names of the deputies of the arrival are” with interests in the real estate business.
The four deputies in question are Filipe Melo, Pedro Pessanha, Happiness Vital and José Dias Fernandesaccording to the one, which peeked the list in question.
The case of Filipe Melo is highlighted, which, besides being also element of the table of the Assembly of the Republic, is the coordinator of the Parliamentary Group of arrives in the Commission of Economics, Public Works and Housing-where the so-called Soil Law was discussed.
On the same day, André Ventura warned: “If there are conflicts of interest have to be declared and if there are participation in cases of conflicts of interest to participation You have to cease. This is what is required for the government and for all deputies. ”
On Monday, the arrival leader was again questioned about the matter and stressed: “When it was reported that the arrivals of the arrival would have real estate appearances, I immediately made the following: Deputies have to immediately detach themselves of any social participation either have to rule out all participation in the Soil Law or any law that has to do with real estate business, with real estate or land issues ”.
Repeating that the four deputies in question have to leave these participation “as soon as possible,” the arrival president said “There are only two ways: it is to cease the participation or not to participate, in a matter that can be of conflict of interest“.
André Ventura assured that Hugo Soares and even Aguiar-BrancoPresident of the Assembly of the Republic, also have participation in real estate agents.
“The deputy who says that the other deputies should not participate in the Soil Law because they have real estate, and rightly so, is the same one who himself has a real estate. The same is true of the President of the Assembly of the Republic, who apparently is also a partner of real estate, ”said Ventura, on the sidelines of a meeting at the Bonfim Parish Council, in Porto.
