Secretary of State investigated: Montenegro knows nothing. “It makes no sense” to talk about maintaining confidence

“We cannot live in a regime in which an anonymous complaint gives rise to a process, and that’s why the targeted person is unable.”

The Secretary of State for Agriculture, João Moura, It’s being investigated on suspicions of corruption e laundering of capitaladvanced the.

There are suspicions of alleged financial transfers between companies detained by the ruler and his wife.

But this was not confirmed by the Prime Minister: “We have no information on this. The government will follow the situation with sense of responsibility. Honestly I don’t know anything about it, so I can’t do anything else. ”

“What we want is for the institutions to work and, if there is something to investigate, that it is properly investigated,” he said Luís Montenegro This Monday.

Therefore, he argues, it is hasty to talk about remove confidence to the government element: “It makes no sense”.

However, it left its perspective: “We cannot live in a regime where a anonymous complaint gives rise to a processand just for that Vised person is unable to hold the position. This is not a system“.

Fires

The prime minister was speaking during a ceremony held at the Viseu district of Sernancelhe, symbolic delivery of financial support of up to 10,000 euros to farmers affected by the fires.

Luís Montenegro warned of the high fire risk existing, taking into account the high temperatures, asking for an effort to prevent occurrences.

“Today, September 15, I want Alert the country so as not to download the guardso we can have in the coming weeksattitudes of responsibility, attitudes of respect ”for the guidelines that the competent authorities may give, warned Luis Montenegro.

“We still have the possibility of having some weather adversity again and the collaboration of factors that can increase and raise the level of risk”, he warned.

In this sense, he asked “everyone, to make a effort” So that everyone can “be even more efficient in the future, to avoid the occurrence of large fires such as those that occurred last August.”

During the ceremony, the Prime Minister had already released the same alert, indicating that “the existing ones, very hot, moisture is low ”and it causes“ still a Risk Situation ”.

“It seems contradictory, because I am here today to fulfill a task of recovery, resuscitation of the territory and, at the same time, we still have a threat, of danger, And from which we must all be aware, ”he warned.

Montenegro announced that “only from the region Norte, have already been You pay 143 ”candidaciesof the 371 evaluated, in the context of support for people affected by the fires with losses up to 10,000 euros.

“From the fires of August, in the North region alone, we have already received 774 candidacies. We have already evaluated 371 and we have already paid 143 supports of these 371 that were evaluated, that is done in two weeks,” said Luís Montenegro.