The Minister of the Presidency defended Lusa's statutes, which require the news director to appear before a parliamentary committee, stating that he does not want the news agency “in the hands of a new Sócrates.”
"I do not want Lusa in the hands of a new Sócrates," says Minister of the Presidency
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