| Portuguese Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned on Tuesday (7 November) after it was announced he was being investigated for corruption related to mining and energy concessions, following raids in his official residence and two ministries, as well as several high-profile detentions.
The probe against Costa, who has been prime minister since November 2015, was first announced by the media and then confirmed by the attorney general’s office.
“During the course of the investigations, it emerged, moreover, that the suspects were aware of the name and authority of the prime minister and his intervention to unblock procedures. Such references will be independently analysed within the scope of an investigation opened at the Supreme Court of Justice, as that is the competent forum”, the attorney general’s statement reads.
Costa said President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had accepted his resignation.
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