Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates is embroiled in a row after a national TV channel shelved a programme dealing with alleged government corruption.
Chief editors of the privately run TVI channel resigned after the broadcast - due on Friday - was dropped.
Its owners said the cancellation was due to scheduling priorities.
Opposition politicians have accused the ruling Socialists of censorship. But Mr Socrates, who is running for re-election, denies influencing TVI.
The shelved programme dealt with the so-called Freeport case, involving claims that government officials took bribes during the construction of a shopping mall south of Lisbon in 2002.
Mr Socrates, who was environment minister at the time, has denied any wrongdoing.
Mr Socrates is now campaigning in the run-up to a general election on 27 September, with his Socialist Party's absolute majority in parliament at stake. BBC NEWS Europe Portugal
Chief editors of the privately run TVI channel resigned after the broadcast - due on Friday - was dropped.
Its owners said the cancellation was due to scheduling priorities.
Opposition politicians have accused the ruling Socialists of censorship. But Mr Socrates, who is running for re-election, denies influencing TVI.
The shelved programme dealt with the so-called Freeport case, involving claims that government officials took bribes during the construction of a shopping mall south of Lisbon in 2002.
Mr Socrates, who was environment minister at the time, has denied any wrongdoing.
Mr Socrates is now campaigning in the run-up to a general election on 27 September, with his Socialist Party's absolute majority in parliament at stake. BBC NEWS Europe Portugal
