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The current municipal mandate, about to end, was judicially marked by convictions, including mandate losses, resignations, accusations, trials and new investigations aiming at mayor
Since the last municipal elections on September 26, 2021, four years have passed by court cases-especially in processes related to Economic Crimesbut also for domestic violence.
The latter was the case in July this year, when the Public Prosecution Service (MP) reopened the investigation that investigates suspicions committed by the mayor of Vizela, Victor Hugo Salgadoabout women, with “view of complementary steps.”
Due to the investigation, the national PS to the Victor Hugo Salgado re -candidacy, which also resigned from the presidency of the Braga District Federation of PS.
In disagreement with the national decision, the council of Vizela dos Socialists decided Do not present a candidate to the autarchic and expressed support for now independent Victor Hugo Salgado.
The former mayor of Vila Nova de Gaia Eduardo Vítor Rodrigues (PS) saw Porto’s relationship and the constitutional for using a Municipality car for personal purposesleading the mayor to office in June.
Also in the North, since January that the judgment of the, related to the addiction of rules and instruction of urban licensing processes in Vila Nova de Gaia.
One of the main defendants is the former vice president of the municipality, Patrocínio Azevedo (PS), who renounced office after his in May 2023.
In September 2024 the trial of the case, which has among the defendants two former presidents of the Chamber of Espinho, Miguel Reis (PS), in January 2023 and which resigned following this process, and its predecessor Pinto Moreira (PSD), being in question real estate projects and urban licensing allegedly in exchange for economic advantages.
The former president and vice-president of the Montalegre Chamber, Orlando Alves e David Teixeira (Both PS), detained in October 2022 under the call and the positions, await the beginning of the trial, with about 70 defendants. Former reporters are accused of favoring friends and family in hundreds of public tenders, between 2014 and 2022.
Already in Madeira, in January 2024, the then mayor of Funchal, Pedro Calado (PSD/CDS-PP) resigned after being arrested, along with two construction entrepreneurs, as part of a megainvestigation for economic crimes, including corruptionand in which the president of the Regional Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque (PSD), was. Calado was released after three weeks and there are no case developments.
Still in the autonomous region of Madeira, the former president of the municipality of Ponta do Sol, Rui Marquesaccused by the Public Prosecution Service (MP) of prevaricationeconomic participation in business and abuse of power in a process related to irregularities in hundreds of licensing of camarrary works, becomes the candidate of the PSD/CDS-PP coalition in this municipality. The process is in the instructional phase.
Also on the islands, in April, Ricardo Rodrigues (PS), at the date of the mayor of Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel, Azores, was sentenced to the suspended penalty of three years and four months in prison for prevarication and the loss of mandate, when it was fulfilled the third and last term.
At issue was concession of the restoration space From the roundabout of the friars to Luís Rodrigues, his brother. Ricardo Rodrigues resigned And was replaced by Graça Melo, candidate for PS to Vila Franca do Campo.
Even before, in Ribeira Grande, it was known in February that the current president Alexandre Gaudêncio (PSD), which meets the last term, goes to trial, whose investigation started in 2017 and which has 12 defendants accused of corruption, abuse of power and embezzlement.
In the district of Viseu, in May 2023, the mayor of Tabuaço, Carlos Carvalhoto comply with the third and last term, elected by the PSD/CDS-PP coalition, was prohibited from contacting the municipality in the context of an investigation for crimes of abuse of power, prevarication, denial of justice and violation of urban rules, and which also aims at the vice president and three municipal employees.
Half a year later, in November, Coimbra’s relationship revoked the coercion measures and Carlos Carvalho VHOPED TO THE EXERCISE OF FUNCTIONSwhere it is currently maintained.
In the municipality of Tondela, José António Jesus (PSD) was reelected in September 2021 for the third term, but two months later it was condemned for appropriating public money to receive payments for travel in their own vehicles, when they tried on the city’s vehicles.
Coimbra’s relationship reduced the suspended penalty from five to two years and 10 months, but confirmed the loss of mandatewhich led mayor A in 2022.
In 2023, the MP accused the former president, vice president and councilwoman of the Mogadouro Chamber (Bragança District) Francisco Guimarães, Evaristo Neves e Joana Silva prevarication, for violation of the rules of public hiring, in a process with 14 defendants.
Francisco Guimarães and Evaristo Neves They are currently opposition councilorselected by the PS. Francisco Guimarães is the candidate of the socialists to the municipality in the October municipalities; is that they are candidates again for their municipalities
In February, the deputy mayor of Valongo, PAULO ESTEVES FERREIRA (PS), was consisted of allegedly receiving counterparts in the implementation processes and. ESTEVES FERREIRA maintains the support of the PS And he is the party candidate for the Valongo Chamber.
In April 2024, the port of Porto confirmed the conviction of the mayor of Arouca (Aveiro), Margarida Belém (PS), and candidate for the party to the next authority, to the suspended penalty of one year and three months in prison, by.
Concerned paving the section of a road During the 2017 authority, ordered by the then president, José Artur Snows, with the agreement of the then vice president, Margarida Belém, who would become her successor and lead that municipality.
In the same district, in May, the trial of 65 defendants, including the current president of Albergaria-a-Velha, António Loureiro (CDS-PP), and four former OLIVEIRA DE AZEMIS AND ESTAREJA PURPOSE, accused of passive and active corruption, embezzlementabuse of power and trafficking in influence.
In Lisbon, in the context of, which investigates since 2018 the alleged Exchange of favors between PS and PSD in the capitalthe MP deduced in February accusation against corruption crimes, prevaricationbleaching and influence trafficking.
Among the defendants are two councilors in the Lisbon Chamber, the social democrat Ângelo Pereirawho requested the immediate suspension of the mandate, and the socialist Inês Drummondwho renounced the position.
Both are off the lists candidates for the October 12th, such as other mayors accused in the processas is the case of the current presidents of Lisboetas joints Luís Newton, Vasco Morgado and Fernando Braamcampthe three of the PSD, which were also unable to re -run to the parishes they preside over due to the law of limitation of mandates.
In the Algarve, the Mayor of Faro, Rogério Bacalhau (PSD), prevented from recurring by the law of limitation of mandates, will be judged for violation of urban rules, being in question the licensing of a work for the construction of an Autocaravan park.
The PS won the autarchics 2021, with 34.22% of the votes, having won 148 of the 308 Presidencies of chamber in dispute (48%) and electing 888 of the 2,064 countertops (43%). The PSD, alone or in coalition With CDS/PP, it won 114 Chamber Presidencies (37%).
O PCP won 19 Presidencies Chamber, as many as they won by independent applications. The CDS chairs 6 municipalities. The two remaining presidencies are from JPP (Madeira) and the Livre/PS coalition, which won the Felgueiras elections.
Left block and arrives do not preside over any autarchy.
