Nuno Mello said that there were no air force military personnel in the “Control Tower” operation
National Defense Minister Nuno Mello said on Thursday that there were no military staff In the “Control Tower” operationOn corruption suspicions of public tenders to deal with fire.
“I can say that I am very quiet about the Air Force, because it doesn’t seem to me that there is no one in that purpose.”
The CDS-PP president spoke to journalists at the party’s national headquarters in Lisban during the National Council meeting.
Nuno Mello refused to make more comments because it was a party meeting.
“I, as a member of the government, will not speak at the CDS headquarters,” he said.
The Air Force on Thursday confirmed that the elements of the Central Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP) of the Public Prosecution Service were in the premises of Alfragide in Lisbon “Actively collaborate”.
This information was included in a statement, after this morning, in another note, the Judiciary Police (PJ) declared the value of 100 million euros on government tenders to deal with 28 searches and rural fires in different parts of the country.
Operation “Tower of Control” includes 28 search warrants, which were held in homes and commercial and accounting companies and public institutions, and also participated in the National Civil Aviation Authority (ANAC), State-State Campus, Alfragide, Lisbon and Heliportgal and HTA companies.
In the afternoon, the Defense Minister concluded that he was unaware of the shapes of the public tenders to deal with the fires, but in the newspapers he was accustomed to seeing “Great Parangonas” On the processes “They end up at all”.
