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The replacement of the Minister of Health “will not be quick,” a source close to the Prime Minister told Lusa, adding that António Costa would like Marta Temido to complete the process of defining the new executive director of the SNS.
The President of the Government would like Marta Temido to remain in order to present to the Council of Ministers the diploma that regulates the new executive management of the SNS” and which he considers to be “the central piece of the reform initiated with the approval of the Statute last July”, he the same source told the Lusa agency, and The Observer confirmed this information.
The approval “was just scheduled for the Council of Ministers on September 15 and António Costa fears that the replacement of Marta Temido “delays the approval” of a diploma that he considers essential, added the source.
The replacement of Marta Temido, who resigned this morning, “will not be quick”, especially since António Costa will be “totally busy completing the preparation for next week’s extraordinary Council of Ministers to approve the support package for families, which he will announce in September”, in parliament, he explained.
On Wednesday, António Costa will be on the plane all day to Mozambique, where he will participate in the Luso-Mozambican summit, until Friday, and only on Saturday night will he return to Lisbon.
Marta Temido presented her resignation on Tuesday because she understood that “I can not anymore” to take office, which was accepted by the prime minister.
Marta Feared resigns for feeling “that she can no longer” continue in office
“The Minister of Health, Marta Temido, presented her resignation to the President of the Government on Tuesday because she understood that she could no longer continue in office,” says a note sent to the newsrooms this morning.
Source: Observadora
