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Ascenso Simões on Mário Centeno: "When he retired at 59 with a gilded pension, that determined his electoral future"
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Ascenso Simões on Mário Centeno: "When he retired at 59 with a gilded pension, that determined his electoral future"

SIC Notícias14 September 2026 at 22:02

Ascenso Simões commented on Mário Centeno on the program "Contrapolítica," his new commentary space on SIC Notícias. The commentator highlighted that the Portuguese would never accept someone with Mário Centeno's profile for the position of prime minister.

Ascenso Simões considered that when Mário Centeno retired at 59, receiving a substantial pension, that came to determine his political and electoral future.

Mário Centeno is a former finance minister and began receiving a high pension shortly before turning 60, which generated some public controversy.

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