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The People-Animals-Nature Party (PAN) came out today to criticize the Prime Minister for being part of the honor committee of Luís Filipe Vieira for the presidential elections of Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
“In the case of António Costa’s support for Luís Filipe Vieira, in addition to the obvious ethical problems already mentioned, we have a position in favor of someone who is dealing with justice in cases of corruption, tax fraud, money laundering or receipt. undue advantage, and that even the losses of Novo Banco and Caixa Geral de Deposit will be linked ”, said today the leader of the PAN.
“It would not hurt to make Costa publicly defend the presumption of innocence of Luís Filipe Vieira, the problem is that with this public gesture of unequivocal support he is delivering a certificate of honor, credibility and probity to someone who has already given several proof that you are not worthy of such a certificate ”, according to André Silva.
The newspaper Expresso reported today that the socialists António Costa and Fernando Medina are going to join the committee of honor of the renowned Luís Filipe Vieira to the presidency of Benfica.
In addition to criticizing Costa and Medina, the PAN party also leaves criticism of other cases that occurred at FC Porto, for example. “This case is added to recent cases, such as the departure of the socialist deputy Cláudia Santos to the Jurisdiction Council of the Portuguese Football Federation or the departure of the socialist deputy Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro and the mayors Rui Moreira, Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues and Manuel Pizarro by the Superior Council of the Futebol Clube do Porto under the candidacy of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa. These cases have also been added to that of Marcos Perestrello, who recently assumed the position of deputy, which he accumulates with that of company secretary at Belenenses SAD ”.
“All these situations closely linked to politics and football are not admissible from an ethical point of view, because they open the door for the love of the club to overcome the commitment to the public interest, which should always guide any holder of a position in the exercise of the position ”, according to André Silva.
The party considers that “while safeguarding the external image of Parliament, the Government and local authorities recommended that this type of situation should not occur, since one of the main problems of Portuguese society is precisely the excess of promiscuity between politics and the football and the dangerous and non-transparent connections associated with this world ”.
The list contains more than 500 names from various areas and different political neighborhoods: the former Minister of Internal Administration of a PS Government, Rui Pereira; PSD deputy Duarte Pacheco; the deputy of the CDS, Telmo Correia; the president of the Seixal City Council for CDU, Joaquim Santos; António Saraiva, President of the Confederação Empresarial de Portugal,
Both the prime minister’s office and the Lisbon mayor’s office said the support was in the condition of Benfica’s partners, according to Expresso.
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