'Political crisis: BE finds Lusilia Gaga's statements insignificant.'

Mariana Mortagua believes the Attorney General's statements "add little to what is already known". The Attorney General emphasized that she does not feel responsible for the resignation of the Prime Minister.

The coordinator of the Left Bloc party believes that the Attorney General's statements "add little" to the already known statement and insists it is important that the country learns "the circumstances of the suspicions" that led to the Prime Minister's resignation. "I'm sure there will be other opportunities to communicate these explanations about the suspicions. I think it is important that the country can learn about the circumstances of the suspicions that led to the resignation of the prime minister," Mariana Mortagua told reporters at headquarters''benefits in deals with the government and in particular deals with dams. That's why we met with the movement to discuss the taxes that EDP has not paid and will not pay on these dams," she emphasized.

Mariana Mortagua noted that the dams "were sold to EDP and there was no payment of any tax, and there is the question of the payment of IMI (property tax) not only for these dams, but for all dams in Portugal.

"This business with the Miranda do Douro dams shows us the worst of economic policy and the way in which, often obscurely, economic and public interests are involved in the most important transactions with the state. There are many doubts about the issues involved," she pointed out.

About the question''on the payment of IMI, Mariana Mortagua recalled that the government "initially said there was no need to pay" and then revised its decision and decided that payment was necessary. "However, the IRS does not collect IMI," Mortagua said, noting that "several months have passed since the government issued the order and gave instructions to the IRS and nothing has happened. "

"What we risk seeing as we approach December is that the EDP will not pay the IMI. EDP, which was given the benefit of the dam licenses and did not pay tax on the sale of the dam licenses, may now not pay tax on those dams or pay a much lower amount of tax," warned the Bloc' party leader'Left.