Portugal’s president has called a snap general election for March following the shock resignation of Socialist prime minister António Costa triggered by a corruption investigation.
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced the March 10 date after Costa quit this week hours after public prosecutors executed a number of arrest warrants and raids in an investigation into possible corruption and malfeasance by public officials.
The Socialists won an outright majority in the most recent vote in early 2022 and had been leading in the polls, but their standing against the centre-right opposition Social Democrats is likely to have been hurt by the corruption scandal.
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