The Prime Minister appointed Socialist leader Manuel Pizarro as Minister of Health. The inauguration will take place next Saturday, according to what On the website of the Presidency of the Republic. In Batalha, where he was at the PS event, Pizarro praised his predecessor Marta Temido and explained the reasons for accepting the position: “Given the importance of this sector and my career as a doctor, I could not refuse this invitation and return to Portugal full of determination and willingness to work for the health of the Portuguese and for the defense of the SNS.”
Temedo left “a salute and appreciation for the work in defense of the health of the Portuguese and the SNS”, stating that “the country owes a huge thanks to Marta Temedo”.
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Bizarro. Acknowledge fear and return
Pizarro is currently a member of the European Parliament for the Socialist Party and leader of the Socialist delegation in the European Parliament. He is also the leader of PS-Porto. He served as Secretary of State for Health between 2008 and 2011, and Anna George served as Minister of Health.
In 2013, he was the Socialist Party candidate for Porto City Council and entered into a governing agreement with the winner of that election, Rui Moreira. In 2017, the Socialist Party supported this same candidacy, but the interview of the then Deputy Secretary-General of the Socialist Party with the Observer ended with the destruction of this union and Pizarro returned to compete for the Socialists, losing again.
Antonio Costa therefore chose a more political position in the portfolio, even though his medical training was included in Pizarro’s curriculum. Specialist in internal medicine. Earlier this month, in an interview with Radio Observador, the socialist was asked about this hypothesis and shot: “I like my name, but I also like the role I play, which is the role of MEP.” He has been in Brussels since the 2019 European Championship and has now been replaced in his seat in the European Parliament by Joao Albuquerque (who was an assistant to another PS MEP team, Pedro Silva Pereira).
Bizarro is a chance to replace Temido? “At the moment, this is not a place,” says the man himself.
Updated article at 7:30pm with comments from Manuel Pizarro
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