On Tuesday, the BE co-ordinator felt the prime minister should have used the interview he gave the previous day to admit that “he has not solved this problem, that he has made the problems worse and that he has failed at many things” during his reign.
Mariana Mortagua reserved this criticism of António Costa at the end of a meeting in Parliament with a group of nannies working for IPSS, adding that this was one example where the CEO failed because he “did not solve the problem of hundreds about nannies.”
“Today we know that we have a housing crisis that we did not have before and that it is a factor in impoverishment (…), we know that we have a crisis in health and public services. The interview would not have been the Prime Minister’s place to solve these problems, but he could and should have admitted that he had not solved it, that he had made the problems worse, that he had failed in many things,” he defended himself.
According to the leader of the bloc, “no one expected that in a short interview the prime minister would solve all the problems that he had not solved in two years.”
“Two years with an absolute majority, two years with all the conditions to be able to do everything he promised, two years to solve problems that have lasted so long, and the truth is that not only has he not solved any of the important problems countries, but it has aggravated many others,” he criticized.
Citing the example of “100 thousand children without a place in kindergartens in Portugal” as one of the problems that remain unresolved by the now outgoing Socialist government, Mortagua condemned the fact that these nannies work for low wages and in a dangerous situation where they “fulfillment of the state’s duty.”
“When these women demand their rights, there are still those who tell them that they are going to be fired,” he said, adding that IPSS “receives money from the government as payment, but they do not comply.”
Reaffirming that the responsibility for this observance lies with the state, the BE leader noted that the struggle of nannies represents two things, the first of which is “the right of all children to kindergarten”, since nannies across the country “are two arms of the state that help fulfill this responsibility,” and the state owes “dignity and rights” to these workers.
“The state has a duty to you, we all have a duty to you. We have made a commitment that this debt will be paid down to the last cent. The country owes you these rights, and this is governance,” he assured. .
Mariana Mortagua reiterated her promise that BE would “continue to fight” for nannies’ rights.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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