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The assessing judge Vítor Caldeira was removed from the leadership of the Court of Accounts.
The exit, communicated by António Costa via telephone, will be linked to the recent statements of the judge judge who criticized the new regulations that the Government wants to implement for public works tenders. Vítor Caldeira said that they open doors to corruption.
José Gomes Ferreira believes that it is urgent that the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister clarify this issue. He also warns of the similarities of the case with the time when José Sócrates replaced the Attorney General of the Republic, “Putting your friend there” Pinto Monteiro, and influenced the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice to choose Noronha Nascimento as president.
President of Transparency and Integrity concerned about the departure of Vítor Caldeira from the Court of Accounts
The President of Transparency and Integrity is worried about escaping of the adviser judge Vítor Caldeira of the direction of the Court of Accounts. Susana Coroado says that this and other moves, even in the Government, constitute an assault on European funds.
PSD questions Brussels on changes to the public procurement regime
the PSD MEPs questioned the European Commission on the changes proposed by the Government to the public procurement regime.
The Court of Auditors had warned that the Executive’s proposal increased the possibilities of collusion, distortion of competition, cartelization and even corruption.
For this reason, the Social Democratic parliamentary group asks Brussels if these amendments violate Community directives. He also wants to know what mechanisms are being developed, at European level, to prevent and identify corruption in the funds provided for the recovery of the European economy.
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