Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues also requests that this audit be monitored by the Public Ministry and that the period under analysis extends until December 31, 2025.
Lusa tried to obtain further clarification from Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues, but, so far, it has not been possible.
On Thursday, the Finance councilor of the Chamber of Gaia, Fernando Machado, said that the municipality received a “difficult inheritance” and has to pay 122 million euros in commitments by the end of the year, speaking of “lies” in the accounts of the previous PS executive.
Fernando Machado’s statements led to, on Friday, PS councilors in the Gaia chamber challenging Luis Filipe Menezes’ executive to carry out an audit of the municipality’s accounts over the last 15 years, stating that those numbers are not included in official documents.
The new executive speaks of 122 million euros in commitments/obligations to be paid by the end of this year, while the previous executive’s figures, until September 30th, for undue payments, pointed to 29.7 million.
As for current credits owed (funds receivable), the new executive points to 27 million euros, while the previous executive pointed to 73.5 million, an “average value calculated by the revenue raised in 2025”.
Regarding debts in tax execution, the new executive points to a receipt of 2.5 million euros, and the previous one spoke of 8.4 million in the coercive collection phase.
In long-term loans, the new executive speaks of 125 million euros as “the total amount of loans contracted in payment/use”, and the previous one pointed to 84 million in “long-term loans in normal payment (from five to 20 years)”.
As for the budget for 2026, the new executive estimates a negative starting point of six million euros, resulting from 334 million in expenses and 328 million in revenue.