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Complaint of "insults, shouting and persecution" at Parliament dismissed after investigation

CNN Portugal3 September 2026 at 07:26

A complaint regarding alleged situations of "offenses, shouting and persecution" at the Parliament was dismissed after an investigation was conducted. The case involved accusations of pressure and alleged workplace harassment at the Portuguese parliament.

During the investigation process, most of the people who had been mentioned in the complaint as having been subjected to pressure in the work environment were heard. These hearings allowed testimonies to be collected about the alleged facts.

According to the available information, several of the people heard ended up leaving the positions they held at the Parliament, although the article does not specify whether these departures were directly related to the reported situations.

The process was closed with the dismissal of the complaint after the investigation was concluded, and the specific grounds for this decision are not known from the article.

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