‘Marta Temido has failed to fulfill her mandate’: Andre Ventura reacts to the resignation of the Minister of Health Marta Temido has submitted her resignation. The prime minister has already agreed.

Chega leader Andre Ventura said on Tuesday that the health minister “cannot carry out his powers” after Marta Temido submitted her resignation to Prime Minister António Costa.

In statements to CMTVThe MP stressed that Temido’s departure from the healthcare portfolio “is news that was inevitably political, although António Costa was not expected to accept his resignation at this time.”

For Andre Ventura, the minister’s resignation was a “waiting step.” “If not for your initiative [a demissão]it will be at the initiative of the parliament,” the party leader concluded.

Health Minister Marta Temido has resigned from her position. “Health Minister Marta Temido today submitted her resignation to the Prime Minister as she realizes she can no longer remain in office,” said the memo, sent to newsrooms early Tuesday morning.