Chega leader Andre Ventura dismissed former republic president Anibal Cavaco Silva’s statement on socialist governance this Sunday as “both precise and incomplete,” insisting that executive power “has come to an end.”
In a video sent to the press, Chega’s president said Cavaco Silva, who on Saturday lambasted the government led by António Costa, was right to say the “obvious”.
“This government has come to an end, António Costa must have the courage to resign, and this is a government based on lies and propaganda,” he said.
But for André Ventura, the message from the former SDP prime minister and former head of state is “also incomplete and vague.”
André Ventura claims that “Chega was the first party to present a vote of no confidence in the Assembly of the Republic. [‘chumbada’ em 06 de julho de 2022] precisely arguments” that the country is “on the wrong track, lies and propaganda.”
President Chegi also adds that “Cavaco Silva ignores his role in creating the ‘cunning’ and then, naturally, in the government of the PS”, stating that it was the former president who “sworn in the majority, led by Antonio Costa, which includes BE and PCP.
“We agree that this government has come to an end, but we have done everything so that this government actually ceases to exist and presents an alternative to the Portuguese …
Ventura reaffirmed Chega’s commitment to ensure that President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa “slowly realizes that he has an alternative to the right.”
On Saturday, former President of the Republic Anibal Cavaco Silva accused the government of being a specialist in “lies and propaganda” in a highly critical speech by the executive at the 3rd National Assembly of Social Democrat Mayors (ASD) in Lisbon.
“Political debate needs to be saved because it is essential to democracy. Judging by what we see, hear and read, there are two areas in which the socialist government specializes: in lies, propaganda and tricks, ”Anibal accused. Cavaco Silva.
Believing that the prime minister had “lost his powers,” Cavaco Silva said that sometimes heads of government “decide to resign” out of “remorse.”
“In principle, the current legislature ends in 2026. But sometimes prime ministers, as a result of thinking about the situation in the country or pangs of conscience, decide to resign, and there are early elections – that’s all. happened in March 2011,” said the former SDP prime minister.
Cavaco Silva defended that “the SDP is unequivocally the only true, credible alternative to socialist power” and believed that the SDP leader was “as prepared or better prepared” than he was when he was head of government.
The former President of the Republic (between 2006 and 2016) believed that the SDP “should not follow votes of no confidence presented by other parties more interested in being in the news in the media” – citing Chega and Iniciativa Liberal. which had already presented a vote of no confidence in the socialist executive in the current legislative session, both were rejected in parliament.
On November 26, 2015, António Costa was sworn in as Prime Minister by the then President of the Republic, Anibal Cavaco Silva, beginning to lead the Constitutional Government of the 21st century.
Just 27 days after the previous inauguration – PSD/CDS-PP Executive Director led by Pedro Passos Coelho, who was ousted in Parliament on November 10, 2015 – was sworn in as a member of the PS minority in an unprecedented decision. parliamentary support from the PCP, Bloco de Esquerda and PEV between November 2015 and October 2021 under the name “Contrap”.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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