“I have conveyed to deputy Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro my confidence in his work, my confidence as deputy, and I understand that all remaining issues seem to have been resolved,” he said at a news conference.
The leader of the far-right party and the deputy had scheduled a meeting this afternoon at Chega’s national headquarters, in Lisbon, but a few minutes before the scheduled time, Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro’s adviser informed the Lusa agency that the deputy would not be present. his “because she understands that the conditions are not met at the moment” and that André Ventura was informed “by e-mail” of his decision.
Ventura told reporters that Mithá Ribeiro “had the perception” that the leader would “want to take away his political confidence as Chega’s deputy”.
“That’s not what this is about. Both the chairman of the party and the leadership of the parliamentary bench maintain their confidence in the work, in the representativeness of deputy Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro,” he assured, with parliamentary leader Pedro Pinto at his side, as well as one of the “vices Rui Paulo Souza.
That trust “is maintained under these circumstances, as long as they do not change,” he added.
“The information I have so far is that Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro will continue as Chega’s deputy,” the party chairman also said.
Deputy Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro announced on Monday that he had asked for the resignation of Chega’s vice president after he was ousted as coordinator of the engineering bureau.
Source: El heraldo
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