A Goan may lead Portuguese govt

November 10, 2015 09:07

Europe will witness political turmoil on Tuesday night even as the new Portuguese government is likely to collapse with a Goan hand stirring the cauldron.

Antonio Costa, 54, son of Goan poet Orlando Costa, and who answers to the nickname 'Babush', a Konkani term of endearment used to address a young boy in Goa, is set to stake his claim to head the Portuguese government.

Portuguese prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho's centre-right coalition won 107 seats in the 230-seat parliament, but lost its majority in Portugal's general election held on October 4. Together, Costa's centre-left socialists and two far-left parties, the left bloc and an alliance of communists and greens, won 122 seats.

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