PSD distances itself from IL condemnation

PSD Vice President Paulo Rangel distanced himself this Thursday from the vote of no confidence in the government announced by IL, arguing that if the government is to regain its legitimacy, it is up to the executive branch to submit a vote of confidence.

“Nine months ago there were elections, there is an absolute majority, if the government is unstable and needs to restore its trust and legitimacy, it should be the government that represents a vote of confidence. SDP is always ready to be an alternative. very calm and prepared,” said Paulo Rangel at a press conference in Porto.

Paulo Rangel did not specify how the PSD deputies would vote on a vote of no confidence in the government presented by the Liberal Initiative (IL), but he distanced himself from this initiative, as well as from requests for intervention by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo. de Souza, for example, the CDS-PP, which wants the dissolution of parliament.

Faced with the insistence of journalists, the Social Democrat stressed that the SDP has a “state feeling” and that “the country cannot go from election to election.”

“If the government feels that it needs the confidence of the Assembly of the Republic, it should ask for a vote of confidence and we will be ready to give our answer in Parliament and at the right time. That we, as opposition, It makes the government govern. This calls him to account. We are for stability. If the government wants to surrender, and if the prime minister no longer has the strength or capacity, we are ready,” he stressed.

After advising António Coste to conduct a “huge test of conscience”, the MEP said the PSD “has a historical responsibility that others don’t have”.

Paulo Rangel said PSD President Luis Montenegro is out of the country for family reasons.

At a press conference, the Social Democratic vice president said “the ‘boys’ jobs’ PS is back with force,” accusing Costa of using the government for “internal guerrilla clashes,” which translates into “strange and ridiculously appropriate announcements of layoffs after midnight.” “.

“We are witnessing the subterfuge, skill, and disorder that cause the systematic obstruction of the oversight role of the Assembly of the Republic, as well as the bizarre and ridiculous trick of announcing layoffs after midnight. PS “work for boys” and “work for girls”. ” said Paulo Rangel.

The PSD vice-president considered that António Costa, “overwhelmed by a sense of impunity and arrogance,” leads a government that “no one else controls.”

“We are all now a target for networks, power and controlled interests. With these successive crises, the government and prime minister are not only losing political authority, they are also losing moral authority. The government is rapidly disintegrating before our eyes in rosemary and marjoram. war,” said Paulo Rangel.

Earlier, at the beginning of a statement to journalists, Rangel demanded the presence of António Costa in Parliament “already next week to give explanations to the country”, he criticized both the prime minister and Pedro Nuno Santos, as well as the Minister of Finance, Fernando Medina, and recalled the affairs, associated with the TAP airline, namely the compensation of half a million euros paid to the former Minister of Finance, Alexandra Reis.

“There is a pattern of instability in socialist management. These are not cases, these are primordial vices that can only be blamed on the prime minister and his apparent inability to lead his third government,” said Paulo Rangel.

The Vice President of the Social Democrats accused the government of being “paralyzed” because it “was spending all its energy on the internal political struggle and on the rivalry between the ministers who are candidates for the place of António Costa, who oppose each other through the press early morning releases.

“Dead night press statements are not enough,” Rangel stressed again, demanding “a full explanation” from António Costa.

“We believe that 11 months after the election, our duty is to make the government fulfill its obligations,” he concluded.