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The Chega party has tabled a motion of no confidence against Oeiras Mayor Isaltino Morais following his indictment for the alleged misuse of 150,000 euros in public funds for personal expenses.
The Socialist Party in Lisbon has accused Mayor Carlos Moedas of illegally retaining Alberto Laplaine Guimarães as municipal secretary-general, arguing that his tenure has exceeded the legal ten-year limit and that a new public tender was required.
The Chega party has officially distanced itself from Lisbon councillor Bruno Mascarenhas following reports that his partner was renting clandestine housing to immigrants in poor conditions.
Video shows Daniel Gonçalves, from the 'New Times' coalition (PSD, CDS-PP and IL), telling a voter to “vote for the fat one [Alexandra Leitão]” of the PS.
Video shows Daniel Gonçalves, from the 'New Times' coalition (PSD, CDS-PP and IL), telling a voter to “vote for the fat one [Alexandra Leitão]” from the PS.
In the state of the city debate, the Mayor of Lisbon responded to socialist accusations regarding housing with figures and questions about the money managed by the PS.
The SDR, responsible for implementing and managing Volta, requested a meeting with the Mayor of Lisbon to discuss mitigation measures for urban cleaning. The response was a lack of availability.
Favorable votes from BE, PAN, Livre, PS, PEV, PSD, IL, and CDS-PP, with an abstention from Chega.
Do not worry: I am not going to Locke, nor Saussure, nor Foucault. This is just a mundane attempt to understand Carlos Moedas. Opinion piece by Bárbara Reis.
A week after distancing itself from residents' associations, the Lisbon City Council backtracked. The opposition calls it an 'enormous' political defeat for mayor Carlos Moedas.
The mayor spoke on the day of the final witness hearing for the injunction against the Quinta dos Ingleses development in Carcavelos.
City councillors accuse Vítor Ferreira of failing to provide public contracts requested by the opposition. The mayor admits to a delay but claims to have sent more information than was requested.
Vítor Ferreira accuses the opposition of forming a “negative coalition” that will create “roadblocks”. The revocation comes five months after the mayor was named a formal suspect in Operation Imergente.
At the Lisbon Municipal Assembly, socialists used the October 5th commemorations to confront Moedas with contradictory statements regarding the victims of the Glória Funicular.
The opposition in the municipality of Amadora strips Vítor Ferreira of the power to authorise expenses of up to 748,000 euros.
The opposition criticises the speed and lack of information regarding a process they consider “not very transparent”. The municipality guarantees that the project has been under study since 2022.
Following Moedas' statements, the Volta issue was discussed at the Metropolitan Council, and mayors from the Lisbon Metropolitan Area municipalities agree with the Mayor of Lisbon, describing it as a “very big drama”.
Chega's vote was decisive in approving the Socialist Party's proposal to create an ad hoc committee regarding the accident, which was discussed again at the Lisbon Municipal Assembly meeting. PSD, CDS-PP, and IL maintained their votes against it.
The President of the Republic and the Prime Minister participated in one of two events paid for with European funds.
Maria da Graça Carvalho may even find solutions for the Volta project, but it is up to Carlos Moedas to solve the problem that already existed and for which he made a campaign promise. Editorial by Marta Moitinho Oliveira
The Volta system remains at the centre of controversy. While mayor Carlos Moedas demands an end to the model in Lisbon and the Government guarantees it will continue, CMTV went to the streets to hear what citizens think.
The local authority added that, “in compliance with legal provisions,” the former executive secretary, Vítor Carvalho, will be the new president.
João Jaime had been elected in the last local elections by the left-wing coalition. For a decade and a half, he was the director of the Liceu Camões, a period during which he fought for the school's renovation.
João Jaime Pires says it is still “precipitate” to comment on the matter. The former right-hand man of Margarida Martins is expected to step forward.
The left wing understood perfectly that the Assembly Bureau was power; the right wing behaved as if it were furniture.
The doctor and Socialist official refuses to rule himself out: “You can never say never.” Friends within the PS highlight the advantage of his television notoriety and his ability to appeal to sectors to the right of the party.
Moedas declines to provide a statement regarding the correspondence received from the families of the victims.
A memorial was inaugurated in honour of the 16 fatalities from the Glória Funicular accident one year ago. The families say they are still waiting for answers, and Carlos Moedas guarantees that the Lisbon City Council “was always present”.
Carlos Moedas declines to address the complaints raised by victims regarding the Glória Funicular.
