Brilhante Dias and former leaders of Santa Casa heard today at AR
The former Secretary of State for Internationalisation, Eurico Brilhante Dias, the former chairman of the Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML), Edmundo Martinho, and other former officials of the institution will be heard in parliament today.
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The hearings were requested by the Liberal Initiative and Chega to discuss the financial situation of the institution and the business of internationalizing social games, following the dismissal of SCML's provider, Ana Jorge.
In the morning, the Committee on Labor, Social Security and Inclusion will hear Ana Jorge's predecessor, Edmundo Martinho, and the former vice-provider of SCML Ana Vitória Azevedo, who resigned in March.
After the plenary session, the Committee on Labor, Social Security and Inclusion will meet again to hear the former administrator of Santa Casa Global, Ricardo Gonçalves, and the former Secretary of State for Internationalization, Eurico Brilhante Dias, currently a member of the Assembly of the Republic and president of the commission.
On Thursday, the former administrator of Santa Casa Global, Francisco Pessoa e Costa, will also be heard.
The requests for hearings with urgent character arose after the dismissal of SCML's provider Ana Jorge and all the members of the board on April 30, so that the financial situation of the institution and the impact of investments for the internationalization of social games could be clarified.
The hearings of the current Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security, Maria do Rosário Ramalho, her predecessor Ana Mendes Godinho, and the dismissed provider of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa, Ana Jorge, were also approved.
The Government dismissed the provider and the members of the board, with immediate effect, and justified the decision with "grossly negligent actions" that affected the management of the institution.
Later, in a letter sent to all employees, Ana Jorge accused the Government of having dismissed her "in a rude, arrogant and slanderous manner" and that she was taken by surprise.
Ana Jorge took office on May 02, 2023, chosen by the previous socialist government of António Costa, and inherited an institution with serious financial difficulties, after the years of pandemic and a process of internationalization of social games, carried out by the administration of the provider Edmundo Martinho, which may have caused losses in the order of 50 million euros.
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