CDS calls for the resignation of the CEME and calls the Minister to Parliament

The CDS believes that Rovisco Duarte, Chief of Staff of the Army, is not able to hold his position after being heard at a police station. parliamentary hearing on the Defense Committee. For Christian Democrats, the general was not able to clarify whether there was any military material missing on the Tancos parades, nor to explain the contradictions about the alleged contradictions.

S Addressing reporters at the end of the parliamentary hearing António Carlos Monteiro, a member of the CDS, said that the CEME was not able to guarantee, as the Minister of Defense and the Prime Minister, that there was no missing military equipment

"[Há uma] contradiction between the guarantees given to the Portuguese people and someone who says that he does not can not give this guarantee, "said the deputy of the CDS.

15 days ago, Azeredo Lopes was fined in Parliament. been informed of this alleged discrepancy. On Tuesday, Rovisco Duarte finally acknowledged that the army can not give assurances that the "material recovered" in the Chamusca area corresponds to "stolen equipment" in Tancos.

During the hearing, Rovisco Duarte let out an explosion. "I do not know what I'm doing here," he said, referring to the fact that, according to him, there was no new information or relevant data to justify his hearing. António Carlos Monteiro did not let the phrase pass: "That's exactly the problem. [Rovisco Duarte] is not able to stay in power."

The party led by Asunción Cristas also called for "urgent hearing" of

And there is more: the CDS asked Marco António Costa, here in his capacity as chairman of the Commission de defense, to clarify with the

Commission suspended investigation

The CSD however did not confirm whether the deputies could or not have access to the list of recovered documents, or if the document was, as alleged Rovisco Duarte, covered by justice. he will move to a parliamentary inquiry committee, reserving this decision for a later date.

The PSD will also "analyze in detail" the whole process, taking into account this decision, follow informed journalists Pedro Roque. For the Social Democrat, the hearings showed that "there were more doubts" and that "the process is far from over."

The Socialists, for their part, rejected the question, saying that "nothing was advanced", as pointed out Ascenso Simões, coordinator for the field of defense of the PS parliamentary group.

"It has been proven here that there is no circumstance to jeopardize national security." The CDS has decided to conduct these hearings, and in the end there is not even anything to add to what has been said in recent months, "concluded the Socialist.

In update