PS accuses CHEGA of "trying to weaken the PJ police force for ulterior motives."

Things never calm down in Portuguese politics. This time, the harsh showdown between the Socialist Party (PS) and the far-right CHEGA is at the center of the crisis. PS Parliamentary Leader Eurico Brilhante Dias took to the microphone in the parliament and loaded CHEGA with very heavy and confusing allegations. Here's the thing: CHEGA leader André Ventura announced that they will launch a parliamentary investigation covering the period when Interior Minister Luís Neves served as National Director of the Judicial Police (PJ) between 2018 and the beginning of this year. Apparently the target is the minister's past administrative steps. However, the PS side looks at the issue from a completely different perspective. Brilhante Dias claimed that CHEGA's main purpose was not to examine the minister, but directly to weaken and discredit the Judicial Police (PJ). He listed the following questions directly from the parliamentary rostrum: "Why does CHEGA want to weaken PJ? Is it because of the investigations into their links with the far-right '1143 Movimento'? Or is it because they are intimidated by the investigations of 'Armilar Movimento', which keeps a list of its targets and has clear ties to CHEGA?" Brilhante Dias went further, implying that CHEGA had attacked the police because it feared criminal investigations linking some of its financiers to far-right groups. Of course, the Socialist Party leader has not provided any concrete evidence to support these claims; CHEGA, on the other hand, argues that the sole focus of the investigation is the minister's actions during his time as police chief. Moreover, Brilhante Dias also drew attention to the timing. He stated that he found it strange that CHEGA was focusing on the personal history of a single minister, while the national exam crises that victimized thousands of students and families in the country continued. "Minister Neves must answer all questions about honesty, honesty is essential in public office and I am not responsible for protecting the minister of Prime Minister Luís Montenegro," said Brilhante Dias, but he still drew the line clearly: He emphasized that they would never allow the Judicial Police, which is the backbone of the fight against crime, to be worn down. It appears that the political pressure and media storm surrounding the minister is about to escalate into a much more complex power struggle, with police investigations and far-right connections spilling over.