The complaint was filed by Joaquim Pinto do Valepresident of the Barcelos council of the party led by André Ventura, who claims to have lent the parliamentarian several amounts between April 2023 and October 2024.
The loan requests were justified by Filipe Melo with financial difficultiesa situation that the deputy himself had already publicly acknowledged, highlights the complainant. In 2022, before being elected to the Assembly of the Republic, Filipe Melo admitted to “Observador” that he had accumulated debts of 120 thousand eurosensuring, however, that the situation was “overcome”.
The deputy, who currently works as deputy secretary of the Board of the Assembly of the Republic and presides over the district of Braga do Chega, He has already had part of his salary garnished and was ordered to pay around 80 thousand euros in enforcement proceedings.
Filipe Melo – who did not respond to contacts from “Correio da Manhã” is also targeted in a complaint filed by Eva Cruzeiro, who accuses him of having addressed the expression to him “go to your country” during a parliamentary session.