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The new Minister of Internal Administration spoke at a session on female leadership and promised better working conditions for the security forces.
The Government today approved at the Council of Ministers the purchase of body-worn cameras for the security forces — the PSP and the GNR — in an investment of more than €6 million.
According to the PJ (Judiciary Police), the detainees include suspects with extensive criminal records and links to international hate groups. Mário Machado, a well-known neo-Nazi who is serving a sentence for similar crimes, is considered the leader of this group — he gives instructions from prison. Among those arrested are individuals linked to Group 1143, a radical faction of the Juventude Leonina supporters' group.
The admiral speaks to the elderly, security forces and the military. Also in this bulletin, Luís Marques Mendes links João Cotrim Figueiredo to the Chega party.
Presidential candidate Gouveia e Melo today accused 'the political caste' of cynicism, blaming it for the rise of populism, in a speech in which he promised to ensure the dignity of the military, the security forces and the elderly is respected.
