Finance Minister Fernando Medina said, on Tuesday, that the position of ministry advisor rejected by Sergio Figueiredo last month will be filled by “a person with the appropriate curriculum” for the required jobs.
“When you find a person who has the appropriate curriculum to perform the functions that I consider important, such as opening the ministry and dialogue (…) with civil society, (…) he will be able to work with the Ministry of Finance,” said Fernando Medina, during an interview with RTP1 .
The minister stressed that “the need in the ministry remains, and the need that we have remains,” adding that “a normal decision to form a cabinet from a member of the government is only made by air at this time.” You gave a controversy event.”
Sergio Figueiredo resigned on August 17 as an advisor to the Minister of Finance, and communicated the decision through a text published in Business Magazine.
“Enough for me! From now on, I am the future advisor to the Minister of Finance. I reassure the most astonished souls that I did not receive a dime, that I did not even formalize the contract I had been waiting for my signature since last week,” reads a text signed by Sergio Figueiredo.
In response to the resignation, Medina lamented his “inability to count on the valuable contribution of Sergio Figueiredo in the service of the public interest”.
“I deeply regret the decision announced by Sergio Figueiredo, but I understand very well the reasons that prompted him,” Fernando Medina said in a statement sent to the newsrooms about Sergio Figueiredo’s decision not to provide advisory services to the Minister’s office. .
PÚBLICO reported on August 8 that the Ministry of Finance had appointed TVI’s former Director of Information and former Director of Fundação EDP as a strategic advisor to assess and monitor the impact of public policies, an option that has drawn criticism from political parties and commentators.
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