Despite the resignation of the Secretary of State for Agriculture, she announced on Thursday after it was announced that she had suspended several joint accounts with her husband, the “Government remains steadfast”. Word from the Prime Minister.
“The government remains firm in the implementation of its policies and honors its obligations to the Portuguese. We remain focused on identifying and responding to the problems caused by the inflationary crisis,” wrote Antonio Costa on Twitter.
“We remain committed to ensuring economic growth, job protection, increased investment and exports, as well as the right bills to guarantee the stability of Portugal’s future”added the leader of the government.
THE @govpt it remains steadfast in the implementation of its policies and honors its obligations to the Portuguese. We remain focused on identifying and responding to the problems caused by the inflationary crisis. pic.twitter.com/NJz5bjRqh8
Antonio Costa (@antoniocostapm) January 5, 2023
The resignation of Carla Alves as Secretary of State for Agriculture represents the twelfth departure of the XXIII government, since taking office on March 30, 2022, and will lead to the fifth executive cast reshuffle.
Carla Alves was in government for just over 24 hours after taking office on Wednesday at the Palácio de Belém, replacing Rui Martinho, who left the executive for health reasons.
In leaving the position of Regional Director of Agriculture and Fisheries of the North, Carla Alves considered “not having the political and personal prerequisites to take up positions in the position,” minutes after the President of the Republic opined that the newly sworn-in secretary of state “a political constraint”, as a result of the lawsuit involving her husband, and would have to rule on the conditions for holding office.
It is news from Correio da Manhã that the now resigned Secretary of State has seized bank accounts as part of an investigation involving her husband and former mayor of Vinhais, Américo Pereira.
The resignation of Carla Alves came a day after the inauguration of two ministers and six secretaries of state, in a rebuilding caused by the case of the compensation of 500 thousand euros paid to the former secretary of state for finance Alexandra Reis, to the administration of TAP.
The rebuilding caused by the TAP case led to the departure of the Minister of Infrastructure, Pedro Nuno Santos, who oversaw TAP, and the Secretaries of State for Infrastructure and the Treasury. At the same time, the Secretary of State for Agriculture left, making four replacements.
On November 29, after the resignation of Miguel Alves as Deputy Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, two members of the Ministry of Economy also left the government: the Secretary of State for Economy and Tourism, João Neves and Rita Marques, a total of three victims in the executive power.
With the resignation of Marta Temido as health minister on August 30, his two secretaries of state, António Lacerda Sales and Fátima Fonseca, also fell a total of three departures.
The first managerial loss to António Costa came on May 2, with the departure of Sara Guerreiro for health reasons, replaced by Isabel Rodrigues.
There were other members who left office, although they came from the portfolio, as happened with the current Minister of Housing, Marina Gonçalves, who was Secretary of State for Pedro Nuno Santos, or António Mendonça Mendes, who left Tax Affairs to take up the position of Deputy Secretary of State of the Prime Minister.
Source: DN
