More than a hundred figures signed a manifesto calling for the creation of a “reformist and moderate alternative government” led by the PSD, such as presenter Manuel Luis Gucha, former football coach Fernando Santos or doctor Fernando Povoas.
Former Socialist governors Daniel Bessa and António Nogueira Leite and others who were part of PSD governments, such as Faria de Oliveira, Miguel Cadille and Luis Filipe Pereira, also signed on, in a list that includes names from different fields, such as the writer Margarida Rebelo Pinto, Maestro Rui Massena or former President of the Order of Doctors Miguel Guimarães.
“The signatories express the conviction that it is possible and necessary to move towards a reformist and moderate government alternative that strives for Portugal’s new ambitions with the aim of resuming the high levels of growth that place the country among the best in Europe and above those with which we currently find ourselves we compare,” says the first paragraph of the text published this Friday by the SDP.
Subscribers say they believe that “the project led by Luís Montenegro and the PSD is able to realize this reformist, moderate and Europeanist alternative and offer the Portuguese the new social contract and political changes that Portugal needs.”
Implementing “a political culture and governance with high ethical standards, integrity and political responsibility, respect for the separation of powers, commitment to the authority and capacity of institutions, and the fight against corruption and influence peddling” is another point of the manifesto. , and a rejection of “extremism or populism from any point on the ideological or partisan spectrum.”
The signatories call for this alternative to have a “strong public conscience” as well as “complementarity of public, private and social initiatives and proposals” in areas such as health, education and housing, as well as a “strong commitment to belonging to the European Union. Euro and NATO.”
” political stability based on open dialogue.”
The list of signatories includes figures such as former campaign manager Belén de Cavaco Silva Alexandre Relvas, lawyer and brother of the President of the Republic Pedro Rebelo de Sousa, as well as several coordinators of the PSD National Strategic Council, such as the student leader Ana. Gabriela Cabillas or manager Cristina Vas Tome and others.
Other subscribers include former national football coach António Oliveira, neurosurgeon Manuel Cunha e Sa, economist João Moreira Rato, lawyer João Taborda da Gama and social welfare researcher Jorge Bravo.
The list also includes Manuel Pinto Abreu, a university professor and specialist in maritime affairs, Oscar Afonso, a university economics professor, actor Pedro Granger and former hockey player Vitor Hugo.
At a Christmas dinner with Socialist MPs on Thursday, party president Luis Montenegro reiterated a promise that the PSD would open up to society and be “with open arms to have more and more people who are not members of the PSD.” SDP support.”
“People will realize that there are many people on the left and right, and others who are neither, qualified and interested Portuguese, ready to come with us and convince the Portuguese that we do not have to be what the Socialist Party wants us to be.” party: a society at the bottom, shackled by subsidized dependencies, increasingly poor. We have everything we need to become a richer country, a fairer country,” he defended.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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