Well, Saidie nice to see you didn't say sacked.
On 2 October 2007 Chief Inspector Gonçalo Amaral, the inquiry's coordinator, was removed from his post and transferred from Portimão to Faro after telling the newspaper Diário de NotÃcias that the British police had only pursued leads helpful to the McCanns.
Why on earth not?
That is how it was reported in the Portuguese press at the time.
To be in denial or trying to ignore the facts because they don't fit your preferred narrative is something that in my opinion devalues any case sceptics try to build.
Gonçalo Amaral demitido02.10.2007 às 16h36
O coordenador da PJ de Portimão deixa a investigação do desaparecimento de Madeleine McCann. Em causa estão as declarações ao DN onde critica a polÃcia inglesa.
A Direcção Nacional da PJ demitiu hoje o coordenador da PJ de Portimão, Gonçalo Amaral, que deixa igualmente de liderar as investigações ao desaparecimento de Madeleine McCann.
Segundo o Expresso apurou, o despacho de cessação da comissão de serviço foi assinado esta terça-feira e deve-se à s declarações de Gonçalo Amaral ao DN, onde fazia fortes crÃticas à polÃcia inglesa.
Gonçalo Amaral vai regressar à PJ de Faro.
https://expresso.pt/dossies/dossiest_actualidade/dos_madeleine_mccan/goncalo-amaral-demitido=f131397Gonçalo Amaral fired02.10.2007 at 16h36
CARLOS RODRIGUES LIMA AND RUI GUSTAVO
The coordinator of the Portimão PJ leaves the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. At issue are the statements to DN where it criticizes the English police.
The National Directorate of the PJ dismissed today the coordinator of the PJ of Portimão, Gonçalo Amaral, who also fails to lead investigations into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
According to Expresso, the service commission termination order was signed this Tuesday and is due to Gonçalo Amaral's statements to DN, where he was strongly critical of the English police.
Gonçalo Amaral will return to the PJ of Faro.
