The re-elected general secretary of the Socialist Youth (JS), Miguel Costa Matos, defended this Sunday in Braga that the PS should use an absolute majority to advance the legalization of cannabis.
Speaking at the close of the XXIII JS Congress, where he was re-elected, Miguel Costa Matos said that the legalization of cannabis “is not a cause of controversy, but rather a ‘structural cause in public health’.”
“There are others [causas] in which we must use this absolute majority of the Socialist Party to move forward. And this certainly applies to the legalization of cannabis,” he said.
“The legalization of cannabis is not a cause for controversy, it is a structuring cause in public health, it is a need for us to control, regulate, control the substance that is now being delivered to the streets. examples of Canada, Uruguay, some states of the United States of America, this will be the case of Germany, this will be the case of Malta,” he added.
For Miguel Costa Matos, it is now necessary to sign a “new social contract” with the youth, “at a time when so many people are turning to the far right or liberalism.”
“We need to demonstrate that it is here, with the socialists, it is here, through the welfare state, through equal opportunity, that we are really building their freedom and realization,” he said.
For Miguel Costa Matos, “the absolutely central axis in this new social contract must be the fight against climate change.”
“The time has come to define ourselves as the biggest environmentalist party force in Portugal. It’s us, JS, the creators of the Basic Climate Law,” he said.
The law, he added, is needed to “get it off the ground.”
“We must be aware that if action is expensive, inaction is much more expensive. And it is much more expensive to allow the climate emergency to continue,” he warned.
Addressing PS General Secretary and Prime Minister António Coste, the JS leader emphasized “the reformist and left-wing character with which he ruled the country and the way he valued the youth in his intervention and governance.” “.
Miguel Costa Matos, the only candidate, was re-elected this Sunday as JS general secretary with 195 votes in favour, 33 in favour, and 10 against.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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