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Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced his resignation on Tuesday after he was embroiled in a corruption investigation into the awarding of energy-related contracts.
Prosecutors earlier detained Costa’s chief of staff and named Infrastructure Minister Joao Galamba as a formal suspect.
Police search socialist prime minister’s official residence in investigation into alleged corruption
The PM and others have been embroiled in an investigation over the awarding of energy-related contracts.
PM Antonio Costa submitted his resignation to the Portuguese head of state this afternoon.