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Ana Catarina Mendes: "If someone has such essential documents hidden in their office, they have to tell the country two things: how they obtained them and why they didn't hand them over to the authorities to investigate"

CNN Portugal6 September 2026 at 22:53

The socialist Ana Catarina Mendes replaced Alexandra Leitão on this Sunday's edition of the program "The Principle of Uncertainty", where she took the opportunity to make several criticisms of Chega and its leader, André Ventura. During her intervention, Mendes expressed her concern about the state of Portuguese politics, stating that she would not like politics to become "captured by the craziness that André Ventura has been getting us accustomed to". The socialist also made references to documents she considers essential and that are allegedly hidden in offices, questioning how these documents were obtained and why they were not handed over to the competent authorities for investigation.

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