An episode of tension marked the journalistic investigation into the accounts of the Municipality of Nisa, after the Mayor of the municipality carried out a violent reaction in front of a reporting team. During the collection of images for the Repórter Sábado program, the mayor tried to prevent the journalists from working, even taking the microphone from the image reporter’s hands.
According to the investigation, the mayor did everything to stop the publication of the report, in a context in which expenditure of several million euros considered doubtful in the last term is at stake. The mayor’s attitude, captured on video, included direct confrontations with the NOW channel team, at a moment described as particularly tense.
The report also reveals that the president used the casting vote to reject a proposal for an independent audit of the municipality’s accounts, after having prevented an opposition mayor from voting at the executive meeting. However, it is the behavior towards journalists that caused the most shock, raising questions about press freedom and transparency in the exercise of power.
The full episode of Repórter Sábado’s investigation was broadcast on the NOW channel, showing in detail the images of the confrontation and behind the scenes of a case that is generating strong controversy.
