The Minister for Environment and Climate Affairs is being heard in Parliament this Monday as part of the 2024 State Budget. Upon arrival, Duarte Cordeiro assured that at the end of the hearing he would make statements regarding the searches at the ministry. , as part of Operation Influencer.
The ruler is mentioned in some wiretaps, but is not among the nine defendants in the case.
This Monday, the accused Minister of Infrastructure, João Galamba, submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister.
To recap, Antonio Costa resigned on Tuesday after the ministry said the chief executive was the subject of an independent Supreme Court investigation. The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has called early legislative elections for March 10, 2024.