The Minister of Health has investigated the wrongdoing and the Mayor of Gaia is suspected of ordering and pushing the news to Global Media
Dodgy crimes, corruption and unjustified appropriation of benefits are at risk.
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Manuel Pizarro
The Minister of Health, Manuel Pizarro, is being investigated on suspicion of evasive crime along with the Mayor of Gaia, Eduardo Vitor Rodriguez, observer.
According to the deputy, adds the observerThe Mayor of Gaia will have asked the group that owns Jornal de Notícias, Diário de Notícias and TSF to write news that will promote the work of the Gaia Chamber and the President himself, Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues.
Doubts about Manuel Pizarro preceded his entry into the government as Minister of Health. according to observerThe evasive offense occurred while he was still a member of the European Parliament and involved a “wedge” requested by the Minister. Pizarro asked to be appointed to the parish council of Vitória, in Porto, a former Socialist Party candidate and one of the two vote-getters in the internal local elections for the Socialists, he says. observer. The request prompted Câmara de Gaia to open a tender in order to fulfill Manuel Pizarro’s request.
to observerThe Ministry of Health said that the minister had not been contacted and had no knowledge of these accusations.