This Saturday, Chega’s president accused the prime minister of “political hypocrisy and immorality” for stopping in Budapest while traveling on an Air Force plane and watching a football match with Viktor Orban.
“The desire to be with José Mourinho and support the Portuguese coach, the Portuguese player, the Portuguese team is always commendable, but António Costa did not put it on the public agenda that he would be there, which means that in some way the state equipment was used for purposes that, without being secret, were private rather than political or public,” Andre Ventura said, defending that “public equipment backed by the public purse and the taxpayer should not be used in this way.”
In a video released to reporters, the Chega leader commented on news published by the Observer that the prime minister made a stopover in Budapest – while traveling on an Air Force Falcon 50 – where he watched the Europa League final with the prime minister from Hungary , Viktor Orban.
“This is monstrous political hypocrisy and monstrous immorality,” Ventura criticized.
The president of the far-right party also considered that the situation could constitute “a violation, perhaps even lawlessness, but, above all, a huge immorality”, accusing the prime minister of “using the state apparatus for his own purposes.” .
“Equally unfortunate, but it demonstrates the political hypocrisy that we are used to, the use of all means to obtain political support in Europe,” Andre Ventura said, noting that Costa “seems to be more worried about the European campaign, with his next place than with the government of Portugal, with Portuguese politics.”
The Chega leader noted that António Costa criticizes the Hungarian Prime Minister’s policies, but “even so, he does not hesitate to go to the Hungarian Prime Minister to ultimately enlist his support.”
The Observador newspaper reported this Saturday that António Costa made a stopover in Budapest on May 31 on his way to Moldova for the European Political Community summit, but the event was not on the agenda.
According to the same newspaper, the head of the Portuguese government traveled in a Falcon 50 of the Portuguese Air Force and, together with the prime minister, watched the game of the Europa League final between Sevilla and Roma, the Italian team coached by José Mourinho. Hungarian Minister Viktor Orban.
The Lusa agency asked the Prime Minister’s office about this, but has not yet received a response.
Answering a question from journalists on Friday, the President of the Republic said that he was informed about this scale.
“The Prime Minister was going to an international meeting and realized that he should hug José Mourinho,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Souza.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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