The governor of the Bank of Portugal destabilized by the political crisis

The political scandal that led to the resignation of the socialist prime minister, Antonio Costa, last week, in a corruption case, continues to expand. The governor of the central bank, Mario Centenofinds himself in his turn in the hot seat for having suggested that he would have been approached to take over from the resigning prime minister.

On Sunday, he ured Financial Times to have “received an invitation from the president and prime minister to consider the possibility of forming a government“. However, the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who decided on Thursday to dissolve Parliament and call elections for March 10, denied this information, pushing Mario Centeno to correct his remarks. In reality, it was Antonio Costa who suggested this option to avoid elections, banking on the “solid experience» from the central banker.

The latter was immediately accused by the right of collusion with the outgoing socialist government…