Replacing Marta Temido in healthcare “won’t be quick,” an official says. The approval “was only scheduled at the Council of Ministers on the 15th”. [de setembro]”.

The replacement of the health minister “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 identifying a new SNS executive.

“The Prime Minister still would like Marta Temido to hand over to the Council of Ministers the diploma that governs the new executive leadership of the SNS” and what he sees as “the centerpiece of the reform launched with the approval of the Charter last July,” he told the agency. Lusa from the same source.

The approval “was only scheduled at the Council of Ministers on the 15th”. [de setembro] and António Costa fears that Marta Temido’s replacement is “delaying the approval” of a diploma he considers necessary, the source added.

Replacing Marta Temido, who stepped down this morning, “will not be quick”, not least because António Costa will be “full busy completing preparations for next week’s extraordinary Council of Ministers meeting to approve the support package for families that he will announce in September,” he said.

On Wednesday, António Costa will fly all day to Mozambique, where he will take part in the Portuguese-Mozambican summit, until Friday, returning to Lisbon only on Saturday evening.

Today, Martha Temido submitted her resignation letter, as she understood that she “no longer had the conditions” to fulfill the position that the prime minister had accepted.

“Health Minister Martha Temido today submitted her resignation to the Prime Minister as she realizes she can no longer remain in office,” reads a note sent to newsrooms this morning.