“We confirm that investigations were carried out in the office of the chief of staff” of Prime Minister Antonio Costa, “but we do not comment on the actions of the judiciary,” the press office of the socialist prime minister told the Lusa news agency.
Surveys were conducted in Portugal in ministries and at the prime minister’s official residenceAntonio Costa in the context of a corruption cases, broadcast by Portuguese media.
“We confirm that investigations were conducted in the chief of staff’s office” of Prime Minister Antonio Costa, “but we do not comment on the actions of justice”, the socialist prime minister’s press office reported to the Lusa news agency.
The country’s president, conservative Marcelo Rebelo de Souza, spoke briefly with Costa, the president’s spokesman said, also cited by Lusa.
According to national media, the companies are part of an investigation into alleged influence peddling and corruption in contracts linked to green hydrogen and the mining of lithium, a metal used to make batteries and essential to the energy sector. transition.
The investigations, on in which approximately 140 police officers take partalso concern the Ministry of Environment and Infrastructure, according to the newspaper Publico.
The Ministry of the Environment also confirmed these investigations, clarifying that it does not know why they are being carried out.
Source :Skai
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