“The president will resign his mandate for health reasons, this has been a a personal decision that has already been communicated internally and will be made official at the 30 July meeting” a source told Lusa News Agency.
The same source made a point of underlining to Lusa that “the health problems are not serious, it is a personal decision of the mayor to preserve his well-being”.
The news of the departure of the mayor was first made public by the magazine AlgarveVivo.
Born on August 11, 1967, Francisco Martins (51), a registered nurse, is also the current president of the PS/Lagoa council, a position for which he was elected in September 2018.
The mayor was serving his second term as mayor of Lagoa, after winning the election in 2013 with a majority of 41.68 percent of the votes and then being re-elected in 2017.
With the resignation of Francisco Martins, the role of mayor of Lagoa will be assumed by the current vice-president Luís Encarnação
This is very sad news. Francisco has been a man of great vision for Lagoa and has made great improvements to the entire area. His vision will be sadly missed, he has made Lagoa one of the leading councils in Portugal.
By Alan from Algarve on 25 Jul 2019, 08:52