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The political commentator Marques Mendes criticized the Prime Minister on Sunday for the decision not to re-elect Vítor Caldeira as president of the Court of Accounts, saying in the SIC’s “Jornal da Noite” that “the feeling remains, fair or unfair, that whoever gets involved the government goes to the streets ”. Something that, at least in this case, he believes is “nothing far from the truth.”
Praising the “strict, exempt and independent mandate” of Vítor Caldeira, the lawyer and former president of the PSD recalled that, in the case of former attorney general Joana Marques Vidal, the António Costa executive defended the interpretation of a position in which he should have only one mandate. However, Marques Mendes defended that “it is a principle of the Government that is not written anywhere” and pointed out that Guilherme d’Oliveira Martins did an excellent job in the Court of Accounts, staying for more than one term.
Also highly criticized by Marques Mendes was the proposed law with which the Government intends to facilitate and expedite public procurement, coinciding with the opinion of the Court of Accounts that, “in its current state”, this diploma “is an invitation to a less transparency “. cartelization, less competition and, ultimately, corruption ”.
“I hope that the government and the parties will step forward and change the proposal,” said the SIC commentator, admitting that the “bazooka” decided by the European Commission is “a breeding ground for corruption”, while ” when there is a lot of temptation there is always that temptation ”.
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