100,000 Portuguese sign petition to keep ex-PM Socrates off TV

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100,000 Portuguese sign petition to keep ex-PM Socrates off TV

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/100-000-portuguese-sign-petition-keep-ex-pm-151908324.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Njnht2l.IBWejspFUemuHQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-22T151908Z_1_CBRE92L16K100_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-PORTUGAL-SOCRATES-TV.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Portugal's Socialist Party candidate and caretaker Prime Minister Jose Socrates reacts during the general election in Lisbon" align="left" title="Portugal's Socialist Party candidate and caretaker Prime Minister Jose Socrates reacts during the general election in Lisbon" border="0" /></a>LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese state television channel RTP's plan to give former premier Jose Socrates a weekly commentary spot has sparked outrage, with 100,000 people signing a petition citing his &quot;bad management&quot; that led the country to take a bailout in 2011. &quot;We, citizens and tax-payers, declare that we reject the presence of former Prime Minister Jose Socrates on any programme at RTP, television paid for by public funds of taxpayers suffering from the bad management of this gentleman,&quot; the Internet petition said. Many comments said the plan was &quot;shameful&quot;. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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