PSD leader awarded for being “very responsible” during pandemic

Outgoing leader Rui Rio has been awarded for being “very responsible” during the pandemic. This is an almost tragic accolade. It was awarded by a Galician “café casino”. In Portugal, Mr Rio more often than not received criticism for almost everything he did or said, before and during the pandemic. Since election defeat in January, he has had to face the fact that his time at the head of the centre-right party is over. But to make this award even more tragic, reports explain that he cannot receive it in person, as he has Covid-19…