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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa revealed this Wednesday, in full oath of José Tavares as the new president of the Court of Accounts, who fully assumed the decision not to renew Vítor Caldeira.
In addition to stating that the “decision is mine and no one else’s”, the President of the Republic guaranteed that “the choice was intentional, having someone who loyally executed superior guidelines in the search to technically prevent conflicts at the risk of personal exposure, the new In addition to the government’s proposal, the president deserved the acceptance of the opposition leadership before welcoming the president of the Republic and I must emphasize that the agreement of the opposition leader was very important in the presidential decision.
“The election was intentional, to be someone as much or more accepted by the opposition than by the Government, in short because of what was stated, a process of rapid but transparent replacement as required,” stressed the President of the Republic.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa also explained to José Tavares that the Portuguese “hope that everything will live up to the mandate of their predecessor, the role of the Court of Accounts, in this time of scrutiny, sabotage of the powers of the entire order, of the growing and fundamental requirement of efficiency in the fight against corruption, control of very large funds that Portugal will receive from the European Union and that cannot be wasted ”.
“You will face criticism if you do not campaign against the Court of Accounts and against yourself as your predecessors did not say, with many criticisms and open or covert campaigns to try to stop, condition, weaken the institution and those responsible first. Be inspired by the example of President Vítor Caldeira and also by the history of the court ”, asked the Head of State.
The core of the controversy is related to the non-renewal of Vítor Caldeira, president of the body, for a new term. The Prime Minister, defending the decision, alleges that he agreed with the President of the Republic not to renew the appointment and judicial mandate. However, such an agreement was not made public prior to the news of Vítor Caldeira’s non-renewal, raising suspicions that the withdrawal was due to criticism from TdC of the government’s proposal to revise public procurement rules. In addition, the non-renewal was communicated on the day that the term ended and by telephone, something that has already deserved reparations due to the “lack of elegance” revealed by António Costa.
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