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Tomás Guerreiro is reported to have been approached by members of the Assembly of the Republic's security staff, asked to identify himself and prevented from continuing the work he was doing in parliament.
A journalist from Sábado was questioning MPs about the presidential run-off when he was approached by security. The Assembly of the Republic (AR) justifies the intervention by citing “behaviour considered suspicious”.
The Association of Parliamentary Journalists (AJPAR) expressed concern over the intervention by the Assembly of the Republic's security services with a Sábado journalist while he was carrying out his duties, for which he was duly accredited. AJPAR 'expresses concern about the episode of intervention by the Assembly of the Republic's security services with ...'
IL, PSD, PS and Livre today condemned the actions of the Assembly of the Republic's security services towards a journalist on duty in the parliament, and the matter will be discussed at a conference of parliamentary leaders.
The leader of the IL parliamentary group said a journalist from Sábado was approached by members of the Assembly of the Republic's security staff after questioning PSD deputies about how they intended to vote.
A SÁBADO reporter was questioning PSD MPs about their vote in the second round and was approached by three security officers.