Ventura accuses the government of a “low provocation” for PR and asks Pizarro to give a “red card”

This Wednesday, the leader of Chega accused the government of committing a simple provocation against the President of the Republic by asking Minister João Galamba to end the debate on the budget, and called for the resignation of the Minister of Health.

These positions were outlined by André Ventura at the Belém Palace in Lisbon at the end of the audience he requested with the head of state, which lasted about 45 minutes and during which he was accompanied by party vice-presidents Marta Trindade and Pedro. Frazao.

In addition to the issues related to João Galamba and Manuel Pizarro, President Chegi also said that his party will urgently summon Economy Minister António Costa Silva to Parliament to demand to know what deal was concluded with the sale of Efacec. “when the state will invest another 160 million euros.”

In front of journalists, Andre Ventura said that the government on Tuesday, at the final session of the debate on most of the state budget for 2024, “committed an unacceptable provocation to the President of the Republic and the Portuguese Parliament by opting for the minister’s final speech [das Infraestruturas] Joao Galamba.”

“This is an unnecessary, obvious and direct provocation. We are faced with an absolutely unnecessary, provocative and even base political act on the part of the socialist government, although we all know what happened between the President of the Republic and Minister Galamba. We all know that João Galamba has already said that I should not be minister of the Republic,” he said.

Later, during the journalists’ questioning phase, Andre Ventura reported that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa did not understand the socialist leader’s decision to allow João Galamba to speak at the final session of the budget debate as a provocation against him.

As for other topics in the audience with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President Chegui considered the resignation of Minister Manuel Pizarro necessary in view of the “chaos that we are experiencing in health care,” asking the head of state for a “red card.” .

At this point, André Ventura said that the President of the Republic shared the idea that the situation was “significantly deteriorating and that the government, at least so far, has no solution.”

“It is impossible to reach consensus on issues such as overtime, doctors’ careers, dedication or rotation of services. This demonstrates the enormous incompetence of this Minister of Health. We bring to the attention of the President of the Republic that, frankly, only he can show that the red Parliament has already done this,” he noted, hinting at the vote of no confidence in the government presented by Chega.

According to Andre Ventura, Chega and Marcelo Rebelo de Souza share another concern: “In recent times, the socialist executive, in order to avoid parliamentary and presidential control, has decided to create a type of administrative government that governs through regulations rather than decrees or proposals.” laws”.

“And this was seen in healthcare. The President of the Republic notes that the government has chosen to govern through regulations, administrative acts, and not through actions that can be controlled by parliament and the President of the Republic,” he emphasized.

Andre Ventura noted that this “departure from the democratic and institutional control established by the Constitution” is also occurring in other areas, but “it has been more noticeable in health care.”

Also, according to Andre Ventura, Chega and the President of the Republic also share concerns that in terms of negotiations with medical unions, the Minister of Health “hastily announced financial reserves to reach an agreement.”

“These measures [de Manuel Pizarro] does not appear to have been accepted by Finance Minister Fernando Medina. Now the government is trying to back down, declaring that there can be no exceptions in a career in public administration, disavowing the Minister of Health. parties too,” he added.

The Chega leader, “in the face of health disorganization,” understands that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa must “tell the government that the chaos cannot continue.”

Asked whether Chega understands that the head of state must demand that Prime Minister António Costa dismiss Manuel Pizarro from the Ministry of Health, Andre Ventura replied: “I am not saying that the only solution is to dismiss Manuel Pizarro, despite the fact that he is a minister “I understand that at the moment the President of the Republic is the only one who can tell the government that if the problems are not resolved, then this minister cannot continue his activities,” he added.