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The president and sole deputy of Chega, André Ventura, considered that it is up to Luís Filipe Vieira to judge whether he is capable of continuing to lead the management of Sport Lisboa e Benfica after being accused in Operation Lex.
“It is a judgment that he has to pass. I said that, in my opinion, if he is convicted, he will have to leave Benfica. I am not going to pass judgment now on the conditions to continue. [agora que está acusado]”André Ventura declared, in response to the media, at Chega’s headquarters in Lisbon.
Regarding the accusation filed by the Public Ministry, released today, the president of Chega highlighted the participation of several judicial magistrates in this case, noting: “Today is a sad day for justice, because we have prominent judges and magistrates in higher courts who they are accused of crimes that dishonor justice “.
“Today the Portuguese have reasons to mistrust justice more, and that is negative,” he added, arguing that it is necessary to “increase the type of control” and “prevent corruption, money laundering and fraud” in Portugal.
André Ventura said that it is public knowledge that he is a “Benfica fan” and “a friend of Luís Filipe Vieira” and did not want to delve into this matter with the justification that an electoral process is being carried out in this club in which he chose for not doing it. take part.
“I do not want to participate in this process at all. I voluntarily got out of that process, because I understood that I had to separate politics from football. The Prime Minister understood otherwise. And therefore, I will not be here now to speak more about it.” he affirmed.
The president of Benfica, Luís Filipe Vieira, was accused today in the Lex operation of a crime of undue obtaining of advantage that, under the terms of the Penal Code, is punishable by imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of up to 360 days .
In total, seventeen defendants in the Lex operation, which involves, among others, judges Rui Rangel, Fátima Galante and Vaz das Neves, were charged with crimes such as corruption, abuse of power, usurpation of functions, tax fraud and money laundering. of assets.
On Saturday, the weekly Expresso reported that the Prime Minister, António Costa, and the Mayor of Lisbon, Fernando Medina, were part of the honor committee for the reevaluation of Luís Filipe Vieira to the presidency of Benfica, which generated controversy.
On Thursday, the current Benfica president, who has led the club for more than a decade and who ran for office again in the October elections, announced that he had taken the initiative to remove all public office holders from that club. list.
In a note to the media, Vieira spoke “with a clear conscience” and said that “if he is convicted in the future, in any of the processes that are being discussed these days,” he will leave the presidency of Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
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