Former Prime Minister and former PS leader, José Sócrates
“Against socialist governments, all violence; Against the PSD governments, the whole understanding, ”writes the former prime minister:” Everything is investigated, everything is covered. “
The former prime minister José Socrates This Monday criticized the prosecutor for not opening any investigation to the case that Luís Montenegro as protagonist and should cause the government to fall on Tuesday, the day when a motion of confidence with virtually guaranteed lead is voted.
Nicknamed the current political crisis of “The border crisis“In an opinion article entitled and in the Diário de Notícias, the former PS leader states that“ the country learned that the current prime minister received bounds of private groups all the time he worked-and the prosecutor did not open any investigation. They say they are analyzing. The goods will cause a political crisis, this is certain. ”
But for Socrates, “the case is evolving. It is not just the borders, but the political motivation behind criminal investigations. ”
“Against socialist governments, all violence; against PSD governments, all understanding“Writes Socrates:“On the one hand, everything is investigated, on the other, everything is covered. The criterion for distinguishing from each other is politics. ”
“Ten years have passed, but the behavior is the same: the agreements do not deserve investigation,” he says, in an article in which he retreats November 2023, when “A perfect blow” dictated the return of the right to power with that of António Costa and the fall of the socialist government.
And the comparisons between the case of Montenegro and that, convicted of passive corruption, fiscal fraud and bleaching, are “absolutely indecent”.
“In the case of Manuel Pinho the payments he received from BES result from work prior to his entry into public functions; In the case of the current prime minister, payments to your company result from work provided during the exercise of public functions, ”says the former Prime Minister:” It’s not the same thing. “
