The Association of Municipalities Terras do Infante, ie Aljezur, Lagos and Vila do Bispo, plus Lagoa Council are going ahead with an injunction to halt the closure of the CTT post offices in Aljezur, Praia da Luz, Sagres and Carvoeiro.
Representatives from four municipalities met managers from CTT in Lisbon on January 14, and "concluded that the current process will lead to the destruction and degradation of a public service that will penalise the population, small and medium-sized enterprises, tourists and the foreign resident community."
For the Terras do Infante Association, this is, "an attack on the viability of the area, particularly in low densities zones, which will greatly impair the sustainable social and economic development of these localities."
In the opinion of the Terras do Infante and Lagoa Council, CTTs closure programme, has resulted in several breaches of the Universal Postal Service concession contract.
As for the injunction, "In the uncompromising defence of the rights of the population, there is no other solution than this," said a spokesman for Terras do Infante.