Housing protest camp: "I withdraw the word 'relentless' with complete ease," says Pedro Duarte

Porto Mayor Pedro Duarte stated he retracts his use of the word "relentless" regarding police intervention at the housing protest camp in Praça D. João I, but maintained that the law must be enforced without exceptions for unauthorized occupations. He distinguished the current protest from other events, noting that the city authorizes manifestations when organizers coordinate with the local government, as he cited happened with a PCP-led protest on 25 October.