Finance Minister Fernando Medina reacted this Wednesday after Sergio Figueiredo stepped down as an adviser to the financial portfolio.
“I deeply regret the decision announced to Sergio Figueiredo, but I understand very well the reasons that motivated him,” Medina begins in a statement.
The former director of TVI reacted on Tuesday to the controversial appointment to the position: “There is no other way to say it: I surrender,” Figueiredo wrote in an opinion piece. business magazine.
“I believe that improving the quality of the decision through regular and informed contacts with the main economic and social agents in the country is a special need of the Ministry of Finance, which complements the assessments already carried out by other state bodies,” the Minister of Finance justifies. , showing that Sergio Figueiredo “has excellent conditions to carry out such functions”.
The statement ends with the minister deploring that he “cannot count on Sergio Figueiredo’s valuable contribution to the service of the public interest.”
According to the Ministry of Finance, the former journalist will assess and monitor the impact of government policies, as well as advise the ministry’s decision-making team.
Source: CM Jornal
