PS demands urgent intervention from CMF to ensure safety in Carmo Square

The Socialist Party demanded that the Funchal City Council urgently intervene in Carmo Square to combat the growing insecurity, vandalism and criminality in the area. Socialist councilor Rui Caetano warned that the situation has been getting significantly worse, with drug use and trafficking, prostitution and disturbances, classifying the reality as "shameful" and that it transforms people's lives "into a real hell."

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