A petition with over 1,300 signatures demands the resignation of Porto Mayor Pedro Duarte following police intervention during a housing protest in Praça D. João I that resulted in 39 injuries. The petition calls for political accountability, a public inquiry into the police action, and concrete housing policy measures.
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Porto PS councilman Manuel Pizarro publicly criticized the police intervention against housing protesters at Praça D. João I, calling the force used 'excessive' and 'uncontrolled' and demanding an investigation by the Internal Administration Inspectorate-General. The police action occurred at 3:00 on Friday morning following the demonstrators' decision to re-establish a tent camp, resulting in 39 reported injuries, two of them serious.
The PCP has scheduled an interpellation of the executive in Parliament for Friday, 16 October, to address the worsening living conditions and the denial of fundamental rights, arguing that the Government's current measures are insufficient.
Following a police intervention on the night of 15 October that resulted in injuries, demonstrators in Porto voted in a popular assembly on 16 October to continue the housing protest and resume overnight camping in Praça D. João I. The movement demands rent controls, an end to evictions, and increased public housing, while denouncing the police use of force.