Margarida Blasco said that the ruling of the Supreme Administrative Court was issued on 10 January and that it “confirmed the decision of the first instance”, which considered the action filed to be completely unfounded by a company that contested the public tender related to the video monitoring platform and police bodycams.

“We can move on to the next procedures,” added the Minister of Internal Administration, without giving details about the next steps.

This response comes in the wake of a question asked by Chega, which wanted to hear from the minister about the process of implementing 'bodycams' and about violence against security forces. In addition to Chega, the PS, Bloco de Esquerda, PCP and Livre also requested that Margarida Blasco be heard to clarify the death of Odair Moniz, in Cova da Moura, in October last year, and the police operation in PSP in Martim Moniz, Lisbon, in December 2024.

In November last year, the government announced the creation of a working group to “overcome the impasse” of the public tender for ‘bodycams’ for the PSP and GNR, which was contested twice.

In April 2023, the previous Government launched a public tender, worth 1.48 million euros, for the purchase of the Unified Video Systems Security Platform, to manage, in particular, the information collected by the 'bodycams' to equip PSP officers and GNR.

The previous Government's intention was to acquire around 10,000 'bodycams' in phases by 2026, with an investment of five million euros and, when the competition was announced in April 2023, it was announced that the first 2,500 'bodycams' would reach the PSP and GNR in November 2024, which did not happen.