The voices calling for resignations in the Portuguese Government are increasing, including that of the Prime Minister, António Costa, for the double standards in the application of anticovid measures and tolerance towards the excesses of British fans in the Final La Champions disputed in Port.
“The organization of the Final gave a terrible image of Portugal and it will have unforeseeable consequences,” he lamented Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, leader of the CDS.
The Portuguese Government, which maintains the veto on public attendance at national sports competitions and prohibits street gatherings, accepted, however, more than 15,000 spectators at the Final of the Champions who faced Chelsea Y Manchester City on Port Saturday.
He promised “extraordinary” security measures, but British fans took Port without masks, without keeping distances and without respecting the rules required of the Portuguese.
The responsibility, according to the center-right leader, lies “with the government, which adopted a contradictory and incoherent approach.”
Rodrigues dos Santos demanded the resignation of the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo Cabrita, who “is still out of the game, Costa he does not resign and the Portuguese must get him a red card. “
Also Andre Ventura, of the extreme right He arrives, asked the resignation of Cabrita for “humiliating” the Portuguese and demanded a “coherent criterion” from the Executive.
His criticisms are added to those of opposition leaders, left and right, and even those of the country’s president himself, Marcelo Rebelo, who called for coherence in political decisions.
Even more forceful has been the president of the Porto FC, chick from the coast, who has called for the resignation of the prime minister: “If you are not capable, resign.”
Gives Costa thus reacted to the government veto to the attendance of 500 spectators in the national basketball final while thousands of British were allowed access to the Do Dragao state at the appointment of the UEFA.
“It is a great sadness,” lamented the president of the Porto FC, for whom the Government “has given an incredible example of cretinism.”
Asked about the incidents, António Costa he dodged the press this weekend and, for the moment, the government remains silent in the face of the rain of criticism.
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