“Mondego” mutineers breached the privacy of the ship – Portugal

Gouveia and Melo understand that, by revealing the damage to the ship, the 13 soldiers breached “the necessary reserve” of means.

Sergio A. Vitorino 01:30

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Gouveia and Melo (right) addressed yesterday, for 13 minutes, the soldiers of the “Montego” garrison, anchored in Funchal.

The Chief of the Navy (CEMA), Admiral Gouveia e Melo, this Thursday pointed the finger “in the eyes, face to face”, on the “Mondego”, at the 13 sailors who on Saturday refused to leave Funchal on a mission to accompany . a Russian spy ship.

He told them, in a 13-minute speech, that, in addition to disobeying and usurping the commander’s function, they had violated “the necessary reserve for the state of military equipment,” publishing a list of malfunctions that are now known “throughout the world “..

Regarding this list he said that “we should not be naive, the information is not for running” and, on whether there were “ulterior motives” in the decision of the 13, he questioned them: “What interests did you defend? the Navy certainly wasn’t, yours much less so.’ “As CEMA I cannot forget what they did,” he told them.

The violation of privacy could be a new crime in the criminal investigation being conducted by the Military PJ, which is being conducted separately from internal disciplinary proceedings in the Navy. To the full crew of the “Mondego”, Gouveia e Melo said that the inspection carried out on the ship concluded “clearly and clearly” that the captain was right and that the mission was “certainly possible”. “The ship is not in the best condition, but military ships operate in degraded condition. We don’t send them on impossible missions,” he told reporters shortly afterwards.

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“In the cupboards”
“Am I happy with the State of the Police Department? No!”, he said, adding that “the Government assigns to me what it thinks it should assign” and works every day “in the silence of the office”. The country can offer us”.

The lawyer says “they’re on fire”
Paulo Graça, a lawyer for 13 (who arrived in Lisbon this Friday), told the from that the intentions “concerned the safety of the army and the ship.” “There are elements that are not public and others with a different interpretation than the Navy.” He criticized Gouveia and Melo that “they are not impartial” and stated that the 13 “had their freedom limited for 5 days and are burning in a low fire”.

Remembered on the 13th the mutiny of the Bounty
“Deeply” saddened by the act of the 13, Gouveia and Mello said it was “something that can never be ignored and forgotten” and noted that “even today we remember the mutiny of the Bounty, in the Royal Navy, in 1789”. “Honestly, I can’t understand you, nor can I quite understand your motives. A military man can never prevent the chain of command.” He also thanked the others who “did not decrease”.

The Chief of the Navy (CEMA), Admiral Gouveia e Melo, this Thursday pointed the finger “in the eyes, face to face”, on the “Mondego”, at the 13 sailors who on Saturday refused to leave Funchal on a mission to accompany . a Russian spy ship.

He told them, in a 13-minute speech, that, in addition to disobeying and usurping the commander’s function, they had violated “the necessary reserve for the state of military equipment,” publishing a list of malfunctions that are now known “throughout the world “..

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