The President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, has publicly defended JPP MP Filipe Sousa, who is under investigation by the Public Prosecutor's Office for suspected undue receipt or offer of advantage.
Albuquerque stated he has no doubts about the honesty of Sousa, a former mayor of Santa Cruz, and described the investigation as "nonsense" and "hypocrisy," warning that "this habit of reporting everything is hypocrisy. This is how they will end politicians."
The article questions whether Albuquerque has applied the same criteria in judicial investigations involving politicians, comparing his stance to previous cases involving António Costa, Pedro Calado, and himself.
