Presidency of Parliamentary Inquiry in pre-rupture. Democracy is at stake!!

José Matos Correia, from the PSD, 

is expected to abandon the presidency of the committee of inquiry 

because he considers that the rights of the minority, 

are being trampled on.

The CGD parliamentary commission of inquiry, 

whose creation was imposed by the PSD and CDS, 

entered a state of pre-rupture.

The radical parliamentary leftists parties, 

has successively boycotted requests 

from the PSD and the CDS, requesting, 

general access to communications, 

namely by SMS - text messages, 

between the Finance Minister Mário Centeno 

and the CGD's former President, António Domingues, 

on the conditions Domingues had imposed 

as a precondition of accepting the post 

as president of the State Bank.

The leftists voted against the access 

have been considered as  "illegal" votes, 

by both the social-democrat (Hugo Soares) 

and centrist (João Almeida) who said, 

since these requirements were filed in a protestant manner 

- that is, it is of mandatory acceptance, 

even if the majority is against the measure.

The Social Democrat deputy, 

explained that he had "doubts that the rights 

of minorities are being guaranteed" 

in the Paliamentary Commission of Inquiry. 

"Commissions of Inquiry are set up by a minority, 

whatever they may be, 

they must be able to function 

according to the rules of democracy  

to enable to discover the truth 

and the rights of minorities must be guaranteed."

Luís Montenegro of the PSD and Nuno Magalhães of the CDS 

announced an ultimatum to the majority the radical left: 

by 18:00 they should change the decision of Tuesday 

to prohibit any access to all communications 

between Centeno and Domingues. 

Otherwise, the PSD and the CDS 

would withdraw from this denial, 

"all the regimental, 

legal and political consequences" 

of their gesture.

Montenegro said that this undemocratic left-wing behaviour

 was creating "an unbearable environment in the country," 

which has "dragged in the highest figures of the State," 

such as the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic. 

Nuno Magalhães, for his part, said that 

"this is characteristic of totalitarian regimes, 

it is unacceptable 

and inadmissible in any democracy."