Manuel de Almeida / Lusa
The coordinator of the Left Block (BE), Mariana Mortágua
The data is public, recalls the coordinator of the Left Bloc. Government members deny it: “In politics it is not worth everything.”
The BE Coordinator, Mariana Mortágua, announced on Tuesday that eight government membersincluding the Minister and the Secretary of State for Culture, hold real estate companies.
Mortágua also recalled the case of the minister of territorial cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, pointing him as the most serious episode of the current executive.
“Minister Castro Almeida, when he was a mayor and mayor, made award for direct adjustment to a company that was a partner of the minister himself, which undermines the suitability of a politician, of a minister, to be able to occupy functions Executives, ”he said.
The party also indicated that there 20 Deputies With stakes in real estate companies – 13 of the PSD, four of the arrival and three of the PS – To underline the importance of scrutinizing the interests of those who legislate.
Mariana Mortágua appealed to President of the Republic to veto any change to the soil law that comes out of the process of parliamentary appreciation of the diploma.
“The appeal we make is also to the President of the Republic to learn from his mistakes-it seems to me that this means his statement today-and that he vetoes any changes to the law of soils, in order to open more Rules that can leave the Assembly of the Republic, ”he said.
“It’s a lie”
From the Ministry of Culture have already arrived two reports to deny this nomination.
A Minister of Culture, Dalila Rodrigues, denied Having stakes in real estate companies, stressing that their income sources are public and that “in politics not anything.”
“The statement of the coordinator of the Left Bloc (BE), Mariana Mortágua, accusing me of being holder of real estate companies It’s a lie And its scope constitutes an attentive falsehood of my good name, ”said Dalila Rodrigues, in a note released by the Ministry of Culture.
Dalila Rodrigues stressed that “At the date of the inauguration, he was not the holder of any social participation in any commercial company”.
“I had in the past corporate participation in a society whose corporate purpose is the provision of services in the area of architecture. However, before the inauguration, quotaa fact that was duly registered in the commercial record, ”he said.
The responsible for the culture also pointed out that “communication on the website Públicacoes.mj.pt is not mandatory for assignment of quotas. On the other hand, the publication in the said site is of unofficial competence of the conservatives ”.
“I therefore categorically have any participation in any commercial society. My professional life and my income sources are public. In politics it is not worth everything, ”he concluded.
O Secretary of State for Culture, Alberto Santoshe also denied having stakes in real estate companies, adding that he gave quota in a commercial company before taking office on February 13.
“The declaration of the coordinator of the Left Bloc that I am holding a real estate company does not correspond to the truth. Before taking office, which only happened less than two weeks (February 13), cease at altitude who held in a commercial company, having also immediately suspended my registration in the Bar, ”can be read in a statement sent by the Ministry of Culture.
A Secretary of State for Housing, Patrícia Gonçalves CostaIt also rejects any participation in real estate companies and accuses the left block of “false and defamatory” statements.
“I am an architect and throughout my career, of course, I was involved with the real estate sector, but I ceased my management functions at Promobuilding-Lda Real Estate Services in 2015 and My participation in the company was closed in 2019For over five years, ”he said in a note sent to the newsrooms.
But Mariana Mortágua, by the end of the night, reacted to these last statements and showed in X that the information about the Secretary of State for Housing is Available online.
The Secretary of State for Housing ensures that she is no longer the owner of a real estate company. We have no reason to doubt, but the data I mentioned are publicly available 👇 (1/4)
– Mariana Mortágua (@mrmortagua)
In this indication, updated last year, Patrícia Gonçalves Costa appears with 12,49% participation in Promobuilding, in a value of 6 250 euros.
