The Liberal Initiative (IL) said this Monday that the executive that emerges in the March elections will have to “do more” and that a change of government will only cost “to change the country.”
IL President Rui Rocha told reporters in Porto that the “fundamental point” of the New Year’s message from the President of the Republic was that “more needs to be done” in 2024, which also marks the 25th anniversary. April.
“And if we want to do more, it is clear that they will not be able to do the same thing that they have been doing until now, because it is not enough,” he said.
Rui Rocha argued that “it is worth changing the government only to change the country, because if it wants to be the same, it will be even more the same, and this is no longer enough for Portugal and the Portuguese.”
The IL President expressed “hope and confidence for young people who have had a difficult life due to low wages and the housing crisis.”
“More can be done, we can start to solve the housing crisis by increasing supply, increasing construction, lowering taxes and simplifying procedures,” he said.
Rui Rocha also highlighted the problems of “access to healthcare that affect the Portuguese,” arguing that it is necessary to “allow the user to choose the care they want without paying more for it, whether private, social or public.”
In his New Year’s message, the President of the Republic noted that 2024 will be even more decisive than 2023 and called on the Portuguese to take part in the electoral processes, stressing that the country will be what voters want.
“It was clear that after the legitimate personal decision to step down from the post of the man who was the second longest serving head of government in a democracy and the longest in this century, we should all be attentive and motivated for the March elections to understand how the time is right in Portugal, both in assessment and selection,” said the President of the Republic.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa noted that in Portugal last year, “it became clear that correct reporting, greater economic growth and employment, people’s skills, as well as investment and exports are important.”
“However, it was also clear that growth without social justice, that is, without reducing poverty and inequality between people and places, is not sustainable. It was clear that effective access to health, education, housing, social solidarity is a key key to development “This is social justice and growth. It was clear that governance and justice can make a difference in these years when we have inimitable European funds, which are urgently needed,” he added.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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