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Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos criticized the Prime Minister for being part of the honor committee for the reevaluation of Luís Filipe Vieira. The president of the CDS believes that “ethical and moral duties” should prevent any politician with a relevant role from appearing attached to the president of a football club.
The position of Rodrigues dos Santos caused discomfort in the CDS because Telmo Correia, the centrist’s parliamentary leader, also belongs to the honor committee of the candidacy of Luís Filipe Vieira.
The CDS leader could not have been clearer in his position when he condemned politicians linked to soccer. “It is precisely the ethical and moral duties, which I consider as or more relevant than the letter of the law, which should guide the decision not to directly associate a prime minister, or any other politician, with a prominent role in our democracy. – to a president of a soccer club ”, says Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos.
The president of the CDS begins by recalling that when he decided to run for leadership he resigned from “all the functions he had” in the direction of Sporting.
Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos believes that the support that the Prime Minister gives to a president of a soccer club “has to do with the lives of all of us” and “to normalize this is to give oxygen to the fire that burns trust in the State of Democratic right “.
The position of the party leader was published on social networks and there was no lack of comments from militants to support. Former centrist deputy Raúl Almeida defended that “the situation of António Costa, given the circumstances of the relationship between the State and Benfica, is absolutely untenable and undermines the credibility demanded of the rulers.”
The position of the CDS parliamentary leader is different. Telmo Correia defended, in statements to Antenna 1, that “this has nothing to do with politics.”
For the CDS deputy, “there are no legal or other impediments” that prevent the prime minister from belonging to Luís Filipe Vieira’s honor committee and many of the criticisms made of the prime minister are “hypocritical” and “populist. “.
António Costa has been widely criticized for being on Luís Filipe Vieira’s honor committee, mainly due to the involvement of the club and its president in various cases of justice. Rui Rio regretted “the mix between politics and professional football” and recalled that “there are even problems with the judicial order involved in this.”
The coordinator of the Left Bloc, Catarina Martins, also defended that “the complicity between politics and business is not accepted in the country.” PAN deputy André Silva understands that “all these situations closely linked to football politics are not ethically admissible, because they open the door so that the love of the club can overcome the commitment to the public interest.”
