Common Front says secretary of state selection reveals ‘business-like vision’ for government

This Friday, the Common Front played down the significance of the move from the general government portfolio to the Treasury, but felt the new secretary of state’s path into the private sector reveals the government’s business vision in this area.

“There has never been a negotiation in public administration in which there was not an element of finance. Changing the portfolio from the Ministry of the Presidency to the Ministry of Finance is not in itself a problem. The problem will be everything that will be This is done for public administration, wherever the Secretariat of State is located,” said the coordinator of the Common Front, Sebastian Santana, in a statement to journalists at the Ministry of Health in Lisbon, as part of the militant action “Protect the SNS, respect with April.”

The leader assured that the Common Front does not make “value judgments about anyone,” but noted that the selection of the new Secretary of State for Public Administration, Marisa Garrido, who has professional experience in the private sector, “is a reflection of the vision of public administration: the vision of business, and not the vision of serving the public.”

Marisa Garrido has a degree in Business Management and was Vice President of IAPMEI, Director of People and Culture, member of the Transformation Committee and Ethics Committee of the CTT Group (from 2020 to 2023), member of the Steering Committee of DIA Portugal. HR Director at RTP (2008–2014), as well as other functions.

The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, accepted on Thursday the list of 41 secretaries of state proposed by Prime Minister Luis Montenegro for the XXIV Government.

The inauguration of the secretaries of state is scheduled for this Friday at 18:00 at the National Palace da Ajuda in Lisbon.

The Prime Minister and 17 ministers of the XXIV Constitutional Government took office on Tuesday.