A far-right politician in Portugal has been accused of stealing suitcases at a number of airports and kicked out of his political occasion consequently, the occasion has stated.
In accordance with a number of information retailers, police questioned Miguel Arruda on Tuesday at Lisbon airport and charged him with baggage theft after among the lacking suitcases had been allegedly discovered at his dwelling.
The 40-year-old denied any wrongdoing, telling the broadcaster TVI on Thursday: “I’m being crucified on the general public sq. … however till confirmed in any other case, I’m harmless.”
Arruda, who determined to stay within the meeting as an impartial, requested for his parliamentary immunity to be lifted.
Members from his former occasion Chega booed Arruda throughout Friday’s parliamentary session. The meeting president, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, advised Arruda to sit down behind the chamber, the place unaffiliated lawmakers are sometimes seated.
Native media reported that police had digital camera footage allegedly displaying the politician taking his suitcase and a second, smaller one off the luggage carousel after which allegedly placing the second into his personal.
Arruda defended himself by saying the video surveillance footage might have been generated by synthetic intelligence.
Prosecutors “affirm solely that steps have been taken as a part of an investigation … referring to info that don’t have anything to do along with his official duties”, a spokesperson for the prosecutor common’s workplace advised Agence France-Presse on Friday.
The president of Chega, André Ventura, stated on Thursday after a gathering with Arruda: “Confronted with these circumstances … I can’t enable him to stay within the parliamentary group.”
Some media retailers alleged that Arruda had offered the contents of the suitcases on-line.
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