Portugal’s Government Ousted
Portugal’s minority center-right government was ousted today in a parliamentary censure vote backed by three left-wing opposition parties.
The Socialist Party, Democratic Renewal Party and Communist Party, who held 140 of the 250 parliament seats, voted for the motion against the Social Democratic Party government and its Christian Democrat allies. President Mario Soares, who returns from a visit to Brazil on Sunday, is now faced with the task of either forming a new government or calling an early general election.
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