Prime Minister Luis Montenegro from the center -right Social Democratic Party and Pedro Nuno Santos from the main opposition Centralist Socialist Party were to face on Monday evening. However, in a situation where most of the country has no electricity, both leaders They agreed to postpone the debate to a later dateas Lusa Portuguese reported.
As a result of Monday's failure The entire Iberian peninsula lost its power. In Lisbon, the subway was closed, ATMs and traffic lights stopped working, and the phone and internet traffic was disturbed.
As the Spanish transmission system operator Red Electrica announced on Monday afternoon, The cause of the failure was “very strong oscillation in the electrical network”and its removal will take several hours.
Elections in Portugal will take place on May 18. The early voting was convened after the center -right minority government managed by Montenegro, he lost voting on a vote of trust last month.
Meanwhile, Michael McGrath, a European Union Commissioner for Justice, said on Monday in social media that Due to the failure, it will cancel the approaching journey to Madrid.
