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SIC is conscious that Nuno Rebelo de Sousa has not but been notified by the PJ. The son of the President of the Republic lives in Brazil and, due to this fact, it could be needed for Portugal to ship a letter of illustration to the Brazilian authorities.
TIAGO PETINGA/LUSA
The son of the President of the Republic will probably be named as a defendant within the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins.
Will probably be the logical improvement of the investigation, after the previous Secretary of State for Well being, Lacerda Gross sales, and the previous scientific director of Santa Maria, Luís Pinheiro, have been accused.
However, SIC is conscious that Nuno Rebelo de Sousa has not but been notified by the PJ.
While you stay in Brazil, Portugal might even must ship a letter of rogation to the Brazilian authorities in order that they’ll discover you and inform you.
Nuno Rebelo de Sousa is focused by the Portuguese authorities for attainable strain on the Authorities and the Palace of Belém facilitate remedy of Portuguese-Brazilian twins within the Nationwide Well being Service.
In December, in an interview with Expresso, Lacerda Gross sales admitted that he met the son of the President of the Republicin a gathering the place Nuno Rebelo de Sousa spoke to him concerning the scenario of the twins.
Lacerda Gross sales stated that it was the son of the President of the Republic who requested a gathering, “with a view to provide blessings”, and that, in the course of the assembly, he talked concerning the scenario of the 2 kids with spinal muscular atrophy, which might be handled at Santa Maria Hospital with a drug that might value two million euros (per particular person).
The previous ruler additionally says that the son of the President of the Republic requested him What can be the scope of your intervention? and to which he replied “I might deal with this case like some other case, with out privilege”.
An inner audit of Santa Maria Hospital concluded that the state Division of Well being had scheduled the primary hospital appointment the one exception to following the principles on this case.
The doc additionally says that the 2 ladies the then Secretary of State for Well being referred to them (through the session request).