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Former Secretary of State Jamila Madeira, who said she was “surprised” by his removal from the Government, stressed that he will continue in political life and that he leaves the executive with positive accounts in the National Health Service.
Jamila Madeira spoke with journalists at the Belém Palace, at the end of the brief inauguration ceremony of five new secretaries of State, after a remodeling by the prime minister that included the ministries of Education, Health, Infrastructure and Housing, and Mar .
“I return to the Assembly of the Republic. My role in political and party life continues,” said the former leader of the Socialist Youth, who was also a MEP and leader of the PS under the leadership of António José Seguro.
Jamila Madeira has left the functions of Undersecretary of State and Health, a position now held by António Lacerda Sales, who thus rises in the hierarchy of the team led by Minister Marta Temido.
For the team of the Ministry of Health, Diogo Serras Lopes, until now vice president of the board of directors of the Central Administration of the Health System and who was an advisor on economic issues in the office of the prime minister, António, also joined the new secretary of state. . Coast.
Before journalists, Jamila Madeira sought to convey the idea that functions cease at a time when the National Health Service (SNS) presents positive economic results.
“After this almost a year of mandate in the functions of Undersecretary of State and Health, I would like to say that it is with pride that I am leaving at a time when we can say that the myth of the SNS ended up being a bottomless hole,” he said .
According to the former Secretary of State, “for the first time”, in mid-September, “the account numbers of the SNS demonstrate its sustainability [financeira], something so important for the Portuguese. “
“This result is only possible with the investment made by the Government led by the Prime Minister [António Costa] and with careful management that was developed during this mandate ”, he stressed.
This Thursday morning, in a message sent to the Lusa agency, Jamila Madeira stressed that she did not ask to leave the government and expressed “surprise” with her departure from the post “at the option” of Minister Marta Temido.
“I did not ask to leave and naturally I was very surprised by the option of the Minister of Health [Marta Temido]. But I am leaving with a clear conscience of a mission accomplished with the certainty that I did everything I could in a particularly unprecedented year, “wrote Jamila Madeira.
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