Carlos Moedas is keeping Joana Baptista in her role as a councillor in Lisbon, despite her being one of 23 formal suspects in an investigation into 150,000 euros spent on meals paid for by the Oeiras municipality. The Public Prosecutor's Office has charged Isaltino Morais, the mayor of Oeiras, in a case involving over 1,400 meals improperly paid for with public funds between 2017 and 2025. While the Lisbon City Council stated that Baptista will remain in the executive, it noted that she has yet to provide any clarification regarding the allegations. This situation contrasts with Moedas's previous stance on maintaining officials under suspicion, as well as his recent decision to dismiss Alberto Laplaine Guimarães following a court order in a separate investigation.