Emidio Souza
The former mayor of Santa Maria da Feira is on trial for providing hygiene and cleaning services to 18 medical centers of a pre-bankrupt company, without equipment or employees, on the last day of his term, The SIC. Takes over the environmental portfolio under new leadership.
Carlos Abreu Amorim
Carlos Abreu Amorim is the new Under Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs. The former vice-president of the PSD parliamentary group left in 2018 due to differences with Rui Rio.
In 2013, he caused controversy by insulting Benfica fans. “Maghrebi people: bow to the glory of the great dragon!” – he wrote on the social network X regarding the title of national champion of Porto.
Regarding the parliamentary affairs portfolio, he will have to negotiate with PS Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos, whom he has already called “the assistant of Socrates and Costa” and an “extremist” on social networks. Outraged by Chegi’s behavior in the parliamentary presidential elections, he called Andre Ventura a “hooligan.”
Jose Cesario
As Secretary of State for Communities, José Cesario proposed rewarding former PIDE agent Arthur Cabugueira in 2003, later declaring that he knew nothing about the councilor’s past. He also tried to approve an amendment to the law with the alleged wedge of the daughter of former Foreign Minister António Martins da Cruz. In the current PSD-CDS government, he is once again taking charge of the communities.
Maria Clara Figueiredo
Magistrate Maria Clara Figueiredo, the new undersecretary of state and justice, signed the orders at the Évora court at the end of 2022. However, the Democratic Alliance proposes in the electoral program to create “incompatibility in public office due to the performance of previous functions as magistrates and prosecutors over the previous three years.”
Telmo Correia
The new Secretary of State for Internal Administration was already in charge of the Ministry of Tourism. In 2008, centrist Telmo Correia was involved in the case that the Lisbon casino building was not returned to the state at the end of the concession to Estoril Sol.
Christina Pinto Diaz
In 2015, Cristina Pinto Diaz was vice president of CP and received 80 thousand euros as compensation for moving to the Office of Mobility and Transport, another government agency. In the current PSD-CDS government, it takes over the mobility portfolio.
Hernani Diaz
The former mayor of Bragança authorized the sale of municipal land for the construction of a private hospital at a price 75% below market value. The deputy is investigating the deal, which was later cancelled. Hernani Diaz is the new Secretary of State for Local Administration.