Portugal ministers resign after severance pay controversy

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 31, 2022 12:01 am

Lisbon, Portugal: The Portuguese government lost two more ministers on Thursday (Friday in Manila), two days after another was forced to resign amid a growing controversy over a 500,000-euro ($533,000) severance package from state-owned airline TAP.

The opposition has asked for an urgent explanation from the government about the payment junior finance minister Alexandra Reis received from TAP when she left its board in February before the end of her contract.

Photo taken on Nov. 23, 2018 shows the Belem Tower in Lisbon, Portugal. The Portuguese government lost two more ministers on Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022 (December 30 in Manila), two days after another was forced to resign amid a growing controversy over a 500,000-euro ($533,000) severance package from state-owned airline TAP. XINHUA PHOTO

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