Former PSD deputy Lina Lopes wants to defend herself against TSD’s loss of trust – Current Affairs

“I sent to the secretary general of the UGT a detailed and reasoned clarification refuting all the topics mentioned in the communication from the secretary general of the TSD, which was accompanied by a request to be given the opportunity to clarify the Executive Secretariat of the UGT at the next meeting of this body”, which takes place today, declared Lina Lopes.

In a statement sent to Lusa, the former PSD deputy, who was appointed to the office of the vice-president of the Assembly of the Republic Diogo Pacheco de Amorim (Chega), expressed herself “surprised” by the TSD’s stance.

“Having worked for more than 10 years at UGT and having contributed with all the commitment and dynamism to the pursuit of its objectives and taking into account the principles of UGT, namely, ‘independence in relation to the State, employers, religious confessions and to political parties or any other associations of a political nature’, I am sure that the Secretary General of the UGT will grant me the opportunity to clarify the matter that the Secretary General of the TSD raised in such an unexpected way”, he maintained.

On Sunday, the TSD announced, in a statement, that the appointment of Lina Lopes to Pacheco Amorim’s cabinet is a situation of “extreme seriousness” because as it was a personal choice it is “an undeniable degree of political confidence in the person appointed by the appointer”.

The position taken by the executive of the National Secretariat of the TSD, signed by the secretary general, Pedro Roque Oliveira, adds that, to his knowledge, this decision by the former PSD deputy “was not preceded by any type of information to the Secretary- General of the TSD, nor the President of the UGT or its Secretary General”.

In view of these facts, the executive of the National Secretariat of the TSD met to analyze the case and it was unanimously decided that “there is an irreversible breach of political-union confidence, on the part of the TSD, in the leader Lina Maria Cardoso Lopes”, whose work does not deserve any negative evaluation.

“Consequently, I asked the General Secretary of the UGT to propose the replacement of the director in question in the Executive Secretariat of the UGT”, adds the same note.

It was also decided to inform the TSD National Discipline and Supervision Council of this position to “analyze the case from a legal perspective”.

Following the 14th Congress of the UGT, the TSD, “through their tendency within that Union Central, appointed a group of leaders who, on the proposal of the General Secretary of the UGT, were elected to the Executive Secretariat and who have , in that body, helped to ensure the functioning of the UGT and fought to defend its values ​​and principles”, explains the same note.

Lina Lopes was a member of parliament in the XIV and XV legislatures, but in the March 10 elections she fell from the sixth place she had occupied in 2022 to the penultimate place on the list for Lisbon and was not elected.