"I felt secondhand embarrassment"

The speech by the Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, delivered today at the ceremonial session commemorating the 148th anniversary of the PSP Madeira Regional Command, at the Press Museum in Câmara de Lobos, generated strong criticism. The vice-mayor of Funchal, Carlos Rodrigues, reacted publicly through his Facebook account, confessing that he felt secondhand embarrassment when hearing the speech. Rodrigues considered the moment to be one of the most cringe-worthy in politics, describing it as an elegy to the absurd, full of self-praise. The article does not specify exactly which statements by the minister caused the mayor's indignation.