Alexandre Almeida, Mayor of Paredes
The mayor’s real estate company, which reappointed in the municipalities, fired from 123 euros of profits in 2022 to 200,000 the following year.
The mayor of Paredes, Alexandre Almeida (PS), currently a recipient to the upcoming local elections, is under scrutiny due to real estate business involving his company, Didalma, and his deputy, Suse Marlene Cunha. Despite suspicions raised in the county, the mayor rejects any conflict of interest.
Since 2013, Alexandre Almeida has kept his own partner of Didalma, a society founded with his ex-wife, Cecília Carneiro. The company registered a strong appreciation In recent years, from 123 euros of profits in 2022 to 200 thousand euros in 2023, with sales exceeding 460 thousand euros.
One of the latest business took place on June 27, 2024, when Didalma bought two T3 apartments on walls for 206,000 euros from the premium share construction company. On the same day, only one of the properties was resold by 222 500 euros, ensuring the payment of both apartments only with the sale of a. In total, with the profit of the sale and the other apartment, the mayor won about 120 thousand euros with the business, reveals the.
Initially, Alexandre Almeida denied the purchase and sale on the same daybut when confronted with the Scriptures admitted the transaction, justifying that the properties had been acquired in 2020 by promise contract, still under construction. At that time the venture was awaiting council approval, and the authorization was issued only in November, already under the presidency of Almeida.
Alexandre Almeida and Suse Marlene Cunha also bought a farm in Gondalães in October 2024 for 400 thousand euros, although the property was in the market for 995 thousand euros. The financing was obtained from the Agricultural Credit Caixa, and the sellers included José Lima Gonçalves, former secretary of the Parish Assembly of Paredes and financial agent of the mayor’s candidacy in 2021. Almost 60% discountAlmeida said it was a fair value, the result of direct negotiation with the owners.
