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The substitute for Cristina Gatões, who left the National Directorate of the SEF after the case of the death of the Ukrainian citizen Ihor Homenyuk at the Lisbon airport, “was appointed by the Prime Minister, António Costa, and by the Minister of Internal Administration, Eduardo Cabrita “. , read a statement sent this morning to the newsrooms.
Lieutenant General Botelho Miguel will therefore be in charge of “directing the restructuring process of this Service and ensuring the organic separation between its police functions and the administrative functions of authorization and documentation of immigrants.”.
“Botelho Miguel, born in Lisbon, has a master’s degree in Military Sciences – branch of Artillery – and a degree in Decision Systems Engineering”, highlights the Ministry of Internal Administration.
“Lieutenant General Botelho Miguel held various command positions between 2010 and 2020 in the Republican National Guard, where he ceased to be the general commander in July,” he adds.
The changes now revealed come nine months after the case of Ihor Homeniuk, a victim of violent assaults by three SEF inspectors who were charged with qualified murder., with the alleged complicity or cover-up of 12 other inspectors. The trial will begin on January 20.
This Tuesday, in Parliament, Minister Eduardo Cabrita had announced that in January legislation on the restructuring of the SEF will be produced.
MAI had already announced that the SEF restructuring process should conclude in the first semester of 2021 and that it would be coordinated by the national deputy directors of the Service, José Luís do Rosário Barão -who was promoted to replace the director- and Fernando Parreiral. de Silva.
The restructuring caused a confrontation between the Minister of Internal Administration and the national director of PSP, Magina da Silva, after she admitted that work is being done on the merger of PSP with SEF. Statements after a meeting in Belém with the President of the Republic.
Words that led Minister Eduardo Cabrita, shortly after, to affirm that the reform of the SEF will be announced “in an appropriate manner” by the Government “and not by a police director.”
