Alexandra Leitão says he never demanded the resignation of Carlos Coins following the accident in the Glory Elevator. The PS candidate for the municipality stresses that the currency statements in yesterday’s interview were unacceptable.
Alexandra Leitão, reacted on Monday to Carlos Cois’s statements that, in an interview with the SIC Night Journal, accused her of being “disguised” and “cynical”. The PS candidate for the Lisbon Chamber said she was “relatively used to people’s attacks,” but this time “reached a limit” that considered “quite unacceptable”.
“It is a fact that yesterday have reached a limit that I consider quite unacceptable, but I will not stop talking about it. Personal attacks and insults say more of those who utter them than those who receive them.”
The PS candidate responded to Carlos Coins accusing him of “inaction” for, in 96 hours, not having “Set the Executive (…) went to the Council of Ministers – if that is going to the ground I also have doubts – it did not realize well -do what, did not speak, taking yesterday, the Lisbon and when it spoke yesterday to the Lisbon it was to insult and not to give solutions. “
“It is not political to ask clarification”
The socialist candidate said that her focus at this time is presenting “Proposals to present trust” of the Lisboners and highlighted the results presented in the report of the Office for Prevention and Investigation of Accidents with Aircraft and Railway Accidents.
“Contrary to what has been tempted to pass, the truth is that the report, yesterday’s technical note, the day before yesterday, it tells us two very clear things. The first is that the redundancy system is not enough and the second is that surveys to the naked eye do not detect problems like the ones that happened. So you have to change something.”
Asked if the conclusions presented were reason enough to ask for the resignation of Carlos Coinas, said to limit himself to “ask for further clarification and the determination of responsibilities. ”
“I don’t say this at this stage, because exactly, now this is not political use, asking for clarification is what is required for people to restore their confidence in municipal structures, namely here of mobility, and to honor the victims.”
“I never demanded, with the data we have, the admission of engineer Carlos Coins”
Asked, even if in a situation if he was in a similar situation he would have his resignation, he replied: “I never required, with the data we have, the admission of engineer Carlos Coins. And I will not do it now here, just as I will not anticipate scenarios that I hope never happen when I am mayor of Lisbon. “
On the issue of investment, Alexandra Leitão quoted a “polygraph” who says he confirmed what he said “To various televisions”.
“The letter Carlos Coins made public that increased by 30% the maintenance of Carris is a fallacious letter because, in fact, as shown, the investment in maintaining that type of elevators was 4%, which means that, in practice is, say, to a person who gives such importance to communication, an error of communication,” he joke.
