Through your representative, owners accuse the Government of lying and recourse to the courts to stop the occupation of Zmar is a hypothesis. The case is already seen as “a legal and hasty package by the Government”.
Lawyer Nuno Silva Vieira, representative of 114 of 160 homeowners (Zmontes) in the Zmar development, located in Longueira-Almograve parish, county of Odemira, told Lidador News (LN) that “if during the next week the Government maintains the stance of not talking, we will go to the courts to stop the request ”, justified.
The causidico added that the appeal “will be for defect in the reasoning by the Executive, in saying that he made the decision, after not reaching an agreement for the assignment of the project ”. No tongue in cheek, Nuno Silva Vieira went further and accused the Government of “lying” claiming that “they didn't speak to anyone about the situation”, finished.
Recourse to the courts is a way of combating the order signed by Prime Minister António Costa and Minister of Internal Administration Eduardo Cabrita who decreed “the temporary requisition, for reasons of public interest, all properties and inherent rights ”that make up the Zmar Eco Experience project”.
The government, sustains the lawyer, “Did not do the homework and made a hasty decision. He thought that the project was. Maybe I didn't even know about the recovery plan approved in court ”, concluded. "Today (Saturday) news emerged that Zmar owes money to the state. It's a lie. It owes AICEP and Turismo de Portugal and the approved plan aims at that payment ”, held.
Nuno Silva Vieira met on Friday with the Mayor of Odemira, Jose Alberto Guerrero, to whom was left to present a report of financial needs to put Zmar at the service of the State. “It will also include the list of 160 owners' homes not to use, if there is such a need ”, concluded.
Whoever has already come out to publicly oppose the decision of António Costa's Executive was the President of the Portuguese Bar Association (TO), Luís Menezes Leitão, considers that the case “may constitute an injury to human rights, which must therefore be subject to consideration by the Order's Human Rights Commission ”, defending that when the state of emergency is lifted "citizens have the same rights to be protected against arbitrary interventions by the State in their property and in their family home", finished.
Tomorrow (Monday) Luís Menezes Leitão will visit Zmar and in the company of Luís Silva Vieira, will make a public statement on the illegality of the measure announced by António Costa.
Within the Chamber of Odemira the whole situation is seen as “a legal and hasty bundle of the Government”. The president of the municipality, José Alberto Guerreiro does not want to make statements about Zmar claiming only that: “The chamber was confronted with the request and was not heard on the matter. The process is under development ”, said.
On Friday the mayor revealed that the Pousada da Juventude de Almograve will receive those infected with covid-19 in their 42 quarters and that surpluses, convalescents and people living in conditions considered inadequate, would be housed in the ZMar. There is still no date for the process of transporting people to those places to be carried out..
The fixing of sanitary fences in the parishes of São Teotónio and Longueira-Almograve, led to the ban on road travel to and from those parishes, exceptions are entries and exits for activities linked to three service sectors: basic / essential, school and social.
Meanwhile, the Horticulturists Association, Fruit growers and Floriculturists of Counties Odemira and Aljezur (AHSA) that the ban on the movement of workers from other parishes "will imply a waste of thousands of tons of agricultural products and expenses and losses of millions of euros for all companies that operated in the region", justifying that it compromises in some cases “the whole year of production”, remata a AHSA.
To prevent road traffic, a GNR, Regional Detachment through Odemira, of the Beja Command, with reinforcements of means of other territorial commands, has four road controls in Vila Nova de Milfontes, Skewers, Baiona and Boavista dos Pinheiro, so far, there has been no record of irregularities.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
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