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Some secretaries of state had a bad relationship with ministers. Marta Temido demanded the departure of Jamila Madeira.
In the midst of a pandemic, António Costa decided to change five secretaries of state. Despite saying, in March, that “in the middle of the battle the generals do not change”, regarding the attacks on the Director General of Health, he is now the Prime Minister to remodel the team, directly from the Ministry that is waging the war against covid-19. It is said that the departure of Jamila Madeira, who is no longer Undersecretary of State and Health, is “surprising” even among the Socialists, who told JN that it was Marta Temido who insisted on excluding her.
The other side of the coin of this demand is the promotion of António Lacerda Sales, Secretary of State for Health, who was often the protagonist in press conferences on the pandemic. In his place is Diogo Serras Lopes, alternate of the board of directors of the Central Administration of the Health System.
This remodeling, which affected the ministries of Health, Education, Infrastructure and Housing and the Sea, has the excuse of José Apolinário as Secretary of State for Fisheries to run as president of the Algarve Regional Development and Coordination Commission. Enter Teresa Coelho, a law graduate with experience in the fishing sector.
More surprises
This Thursday afternoon, the Secretary of State, in Belém, assumes office this Thursday afternoon, in a day of weekly meeting with Costa, from whom he expects explanations about the support for Luís Filipe Vieira, president of Benfica.
It was also surprising that the PS learned that Ana Pinho is leaving the House. Especially because Costa opted for the creation of this Secretary of State, or for the former consultant of the Lisbon Chamber for this mission. “It is strange because it was in the design of the new generation of housing policies,” a socialist told JN. Ana Pinho took over this portfolio in 2017, first at the Ministry of the Environment.
The unexpected departure leads some Socialists to consider that this may also be a case of a bad relationship with the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos.
They also indicate that the minister would have a bad relationship with Alberto Souto de Miranda, undersecretary of State and Communications, but this deviation is explained by the fact that he changed the Government to Banco de Fomento. In Pedro Nuno Santos’ team, Ana Pinho and Alberto Souto de Miranda are replaced, respectively, by Marina Gonçalves and Hugo Santos Mendes.
Minister wants advisers
The minister has now bet on the closest collaborators. Hugo Mendes is his chief of staff and also Marina Gonçalves, vice president of the PS bench, was part of his team of advisers when he was Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs, at the time of the “gadget.”
As for Susana Amador, a party source told JN that she is leaving the post of Secretary of State for Education for family reasons, being replaced by the lawyer Inês Ramires.
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