Social Democratic Party Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos on Tuesday reiterated that he will only govern the country if he wins elections or gains a parliamentary majority, and called on PSD leader Luis Montenegro to clarify his position.
“Yesterday I [segunda-feira] I was very clear about this. We will govern only if we win or manage to form a majority. Unfortunately, we have not yet received a response from the SDP about the creation of a PS government,” the socialist leader said during a street rally in Beja.
Pedro Nuno Santos spoke about Monday night’s televised debate, saying it “went well” and “was enlightening.”
Faced with a subsequent statement from Luis Montenegro, who said the PS would make the AD government viable because it “knows it will lose”, the Socialist leader responded that “that doesn’t make sense” and insisted that he was “simply” responding “a question that was asked of both of them” and “he did not answer.”
“This is a response from a person who wants to avoid a question that has been systematically asked from the very beginning. I repeat: PS will govern only if it wins or manages to form a majority,” he objected.
Answering, on the other hand, the question about the situation in the Azores, Pedro Nuno Santos emphasized that “the reality is different”, but again accused Luis Montenegro of “silence” and “rounded answers”.
“In the Azores they vote on government programs. The Azores socialists will have to vote on the program. This does not happen in parliament. I have already said what I had to say on this matter. The only person left was the SDP leader who responded and was shot.
The Socialist Party leader was on the campaign trail for the March 10 legislative elections in Beja, a day after the debate with Luis Montenegro, leader of the PSD, which ended the cycle of face-to-face meetings on Monday. television front.
Portugal will hold early legislative elections on March 10, 2024, planned by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, following the resignation of Prime Minister António Costa on November 7, which was the subject of an investigation by the Ministry of State in Portugal. Supreme Court Court.
The election campaign for legislative elections will take place from February 25 to March 8.