This Friday, the secretary general of the PKP said that the Portuguese deserve “a better life” and called for voting for the CDU in next year’s elections, stressing that “it is a force to fight failures, defend rights and improve living conditions.”
In a New Year’s message published by the press service of the CDU (PCP/PEV coalition), Paulo Raimundo said that both “the Portuguese scattered around the world and those who live and work in the country” have the right to a better life.
The communist general secretary said he knew “from my own experience, the difficulties faced by the vast majority” of the Portuguese, “in contrast to the economic groups that amass 25 million euros of profit a day.”
Considering that “there are many people who are rightly disappointed, outraged and in disbelief,” Paulo Raimundo argued that “the country has a future” and that “there are means, resources, strength and will, there are serious and honest people who can take the country back on the right path in April, this April of hope, rights, achievements and values that are so alive in everyone’s life.”
“Count on us on this path, this path that is possible, necessary and urgent,” he declared, arguing that “the great strength for the PKP and the CDU is the strength to fight failures, defend rights and improve living conditions.”
The Communist leader, who will head the list in Lisbon, also believes that “every time the PKP and the HDZ move forward, the possibilities for a better life increase.”
“We really want and will build that better life that we all have a right to,” he said.
Paulo Raimundo stated that “injustice and inequality are a harsh reality, but it does not have to and cannot continue to be so.”
The PCP general secretary outlined “a path that frees the country from the subordination of economic groups, that respects workers and increases wages and pensions, that saves the National Health Service, that provides public schools and access to housing, that guarantees the rights of parents and children.”
“A path that is in everyone’s hands. This is the choice of every day, and this is also what will be at stake in the upcoming elections,” he stressed.
In this New Year’s message, Raimundo also expressed “confidence in overcoming” “the challenges facing the world” and wished “peace and social progress for all people.”
Portugal will hold early legislative elections on March 10, 2024, planned by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, following the resignation of Prime Minister António Costa on November 7, which was the subject of an investigation by the Portuguese Ministry of State. Supreme Court Court.
The election campaign for legislative elections will take place from February 25 to March 8.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
I’m Sandra Hansen, a news website Author and Reporter for 24 News Reporters. I have over 7 years of experience in the journalism field, with an extensive background in politics and political science. My passion is to tell stories that are important to people around the globe and to engage readers with compelling content.