Livre says parties ‘cannot hide their game’ on alliances ‘until election day’

This Monday, the representative of Livre said that the parties “cannot hide their game” regarding possible alliances “until election day,” demonstrating a willingness to be part of a solution that is “discussed and put in writing.”

In a conversation with journalists on the sidelines of a visit to the editorial office of the Jornal de Notícias (JN) in Porto, Rui Tavares noted that there were “several proposals on the right”, but they are all connected to the past, and that the main thing is “offer the future”, Livre is “abandonment” future.”

“We have several proposals on the right: we can go back to 1978, we can go back to April 24, 1974, or we can go back to the ultra-liberal 19th century, and now with the inclusion of the People’s Monarchist Party (PPM).” , which is no longer the party of Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, it is no longer the popular party of the Miguelistas, let’s go back to 1820,” responded Rui Tavares when asked to comment on Sunday’s formalization of the Democratic Alliance between the PS, CDS-PP and PPM.

Rui Tavares argued that it was necessary to “offer a future to the people and to the left. Livre’s role is to be that leftist of the future who has a contract with sustainable development, with the environment, with investments in science, in education, in engaging in the leftist theme of the future.”

According to Livre’s only deputy, “modern politics is also the politics of alliances,” and this issue needs to be made clear: “Parties cannot hide their game in relation to alliances until election day. We have already learned from past experiences or the blackmail that took place against the absolute majority of the CoP.”

“Livre is available to discuss programmatic issues, both before and after the elections. I think there is a remarkable coherence and coherence between the values ​​of the left, with its various inclinations, but all aimed at protecting the democratic contract and society.” , he defended himself.

The former MEP defended pluralism: “The left must be pluralistic, it cannot be a PS monopoly or a PS and BE duopoly,” he said, adding that “if the left is not pluralistic, it will end badly because they have done it now, and as they find themselves in 2021, the left is capable of more.”

“Portuguese men and women deserve a solution that is negotiated and put in writing, because the government has a signed agreement and a government that is under the close scrutiny of the people (…),” he said.

Continuing to analyze the PS congress, which took place on the 5th, 6th and 7th, Rui Tavares stated that with the Livre program “many things are compatible”: “But what is missing is the environment, it must not only be democratic and a social contract, there are those who also maybe an Ecological State, we haven’t talked much about biodiversity, they will restore nature, nothing about science, which is fine because the legacy is terrible, we haven’t heard about the Rule of Law, we haven’t heard about justice,” he listed.

“Livre, as the European green human rights leftist that we think the left should be, has a lot to bring to the plural left, and we think people want the left to have the components of the future that Livre brings.” concluded.