IGAI makes “diligences to collect elements” of police interventions

A Inspector General of Internal Administration (IGAI) announced today that he is taking steps to collect “all the necessary elements” for the analysis of police interventions in demonstrations for housing in Lisbon and Porto in the framework of the two processes instituted.

In a reply sent to Lusa on a state of play in the open proceedings, IGAI noted that “departure is underway for the collection of all the elements necessary for the proper analysis of police interventions”, advancing that the date of completion of the proceedings is no longer “predictable”.

IGAI has two administrative processes to determine the circumstances of police interventions and “evaluate the procedures adopted” by PSP on October 15 in Porto, October 20 in Lisbon, October 25 and November 1 in Lisbon and Porto.

According to the inspection that oversees police activity, one of the processes is related to the police charge on October 15 in Praça D. João I, in Porto, and another with the subsequent police interventions in Praça D. João I and Rossio, in Lisbon.

The Public Prosecutor also opened an investigation to investigate police interventions in demonstrations for housing in Lisbon and Porto.

The current protests against the housing crisis began in Porto on October 10 and have expanded to Lisbon, but have also motivated concentrations in other cities.

The protesters demand, among other things, the reversal of the new rental law, a stop to housing purchase by real estate funds and “truely accessible” roofs to income.

The performance of the PSP to disperse the Camps and remove the tents in Praça D. Pedro IV (Rossio), in Lisbon, and in Praça D. João I, in Porto, resulted in dozens of arrests and dozens of wounded, motivating criticism from various quadrants.