Miguel A. Lopes / Lusa
Accident in the Glory Elevator, Lisbon
PS wants an extraordinary meeting in the Lisbon City Council because it wants to clarify “falsehoods, omissions and incongruities”.
O PS advanced with a application for a extraordinary meeting From the Lisbon City Council (CML) to obtain “clarifications on falsehoods, omissions and incongruities” under the accident, Councilman Pedro Anastácio told Lusa.
This request, for a meeting on September 25, arises “following two reports of the media, where came a set of new facts that were not yet of public knowledge and that detach and demonstrate omissions e incongruities ”, Note the PS councilman.
In question is, in particular, the “occurrence of two previous accidents – in October 2024 and May 2025 – which were publicly denied by the Chairman of the Carris Board of Directors and the Deputy Mayor, but Carris herself has now confirmed“According to the request of the socialist councilors.
Speaking to Lusa, Pedro Anastácio points out that “Carris has also confirmed that these two accidents were effectively, so there is a falsehood regarding what was transmitted in the City Council and publicly both by the political responsible and by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carris ”.
“We submit this request to confront the City Council and the chairman of the Carris Board of Directors, with this set of falsehoods, omissions and incongruities and from there we will evaluate what the political consequences should be,” he explains.
Na, the socialist councilman adds: “It is clear that there were two accidents a year before the tragedy. very serious. I wonder today, after this tragedy, it makes sense for some Lisbon to accept that they were denied and hidden two accidents that after all happened, one of them, scarce months before this tragedy”.
“I believe the answer is clear, not, that it is unacceptable and will have to have consequences. Let’s evaluate the consequences, but the resignation (by Carlos Coinas) is a possible consequence. We want to confront political responsible with this falsehood and realize what was done, ”said Pedro.
In addition to accidents, there is other information to clarify, such as the existence of a letter from the Carris Workers Commission, sent to the Mayor on September 20, 2023, alerting to “Disabled maintenance of the vehicles ”.
Another dimension of this request, he adds, is to ask access some documents, Like this letter, reports of accidents that occurred in October 2024 and May 2025 and the reports of maintenance and security issues from the last two years prior to the accident.
The Glory Elevator, under the management of Carris, on September 3, in an accident that caused 16 dead and two dozen injured, including Portuguese and foreigners of various nationalities.
