Parliament authorizing Ventura testifying about alleged invasion

O plenary of the Assembly of the Republic today approved an opinion of the Committee on Transparency and Statute of Members authorizing the members of the Aquida André Ventura, Francisco Gomes and Paulo Seco to testify about the alleged invasion of the cabinet.

The opinion was adopted unanimously.

On Tuesday, the Committee of Transparency and Statute of Members issued an opinion to authorize the members of the Aquida André Ventura, Francisco Gomes and Paulo Seco to testify in writing in the process of the alleged invasion of the parliamentary office of the leader of the Aquida.

“The Committee on Transparency and the Statute of Members decided to issue an opinion authorising Mr André Claro Amaral Ventura, Mr Paulo Jorge Rodrigues Nogueira Seco and Mr Francisco Manuel de Freitas Gomes to give written testimony, as witnesses, in the context of survey No 289/26.5JBLSB that runs terms in the Central Criminal Instruction Court – Judge 6”, reads the document.

On the morning of July 28th, the president of Aquida released a video on social media claiming that his office in the Assembly of the Republic would have been invaded and remixed. According to Ventura, the office wouldn't be locked in.

Later, André Ventura indicated that documents related to the Prime Minister and the commission of inquiry into the mandates of Luís Neves as director of the Judiciary Police (JP) that the party proposed to create disappeared from his office.

The PJ made on-the-spot inquiries through the National Counterterrorism Unit.

The next day, Ventura revealed that PJ asked him for images from her office before the alleged invasion and wanted to know if the ‘pen’ that had disappeared had ever been placed on the computer’.

On 30 July, the Public Prosecutor confirmed to Lusa the establishment of an investigation into the case, which runs terms in the Regional Research and Criminal Action (DIAP) Department of Lisbon, indicating that it is assisted in the investigation by PJ.

About two weeks ago, the Attorney General of the Republic, Amadeu Guerra, indicated that the inquiry was urgent.

On Tuesday, the Attorney General of the Republic said that the Public Prosecutor is “working to make everything fast” in cases involving Minister Luís Neves and the alleged invasion and theft in the office of the president of the Enough.

In Beja, Amadeu Guerra said that the process “is under investigation quickly”, pointing out that it even “scheduled during the holidays”.