Pedro Pinto promises to end IMI and IUC and says it smells like the fall of the regime

Pedro Pinto, the parliamentary leader of Chega, said this Saturday that “it smells like the fall of the regime” and that his party is a “credible right-winger,” promising, if it becomes government, to put an end to the IMI and the IUC.

In his speech at the 6th National Congress of Chegi, Pedro Pinto left a number of promises if the party were to have government responsibilities, without specifying how much each proposal would cost, and saying only that the money needed to implement these measures would be raised “by corruption.” . .

Among them is a promise to abolish municipal property tax (IMI), “the stupidest tax in Portugal”, and the unified turnover tax (IUC), with parliamentary leader Chegi assuring that if the party enters government, it will reduce VAT on restaurants to 6%, as well as extending zero VAT “at least until the end of the year” on essential products, and applying it to all Portuguese products.

According to the parliamentary leader of Chega, in the Assembly of the Republic in recent days “a different smell has been felt,” “the smell of the fall of the regime.”

“The PS realized that nothing would be the same in politics from March 10. It was Chega who would govern Portugal from March 10. It was felt that socialism was leaving,” he said.

Considering that “a corrupt person’s place is in prison,” Pedro Pinto argued that “any right-wing Portuguese should vote for Chega,” believing Chega to be a “credible right-winger” and promising that he would not “cut pensions.” . .

“They are all afraid of Chegi. From the extreme left to the center, everyone is afraid of Chegi because we are right-wing. We are going to win the elections,” he said.

Another speaker at the 6th National Convention of Chegi was recent activist Nuno Simões de Melo, the former leader of the Liberal Initiative (IL), who headed the party’s list in the National Council a year ago.

Nuno Simões de Melo explained his reasons for leaving Illinois and moving to Chega, saying that he stopped believing in the project when he “succumbed to the principles of identity and the culture of ‘wokeness'” and when he “attacked the right to life.” families and unfurled the crumbling flags of the left.”

The former IL activist noted that he no longer believes in the “ideas, policies, strategy, leadership and practices” of the party led by Rui Rocha, but the opposite when it comes to Chega, the party he joined 25 years ago. November.

Simões de Melo also described himself as “liberal, conservative and right-wing”.

In recent days, Chegi leader Andre Ventura has said that some people who were previously linked to IS will join the party body that will be elected on Sunday.

At the last IL congress, Nuno Simões de Melo, in a fiery and loud speech, declared that the party cannot become a “blue watermelon” that is “liberal on the outside and blocist on the inside.”

“We must speak more to the majority and leave the activist minority to speak alone,” he exclaimed, and this was one of the moments when he was most mocked.

Also on the afternoon of the second day of Chega’s highest body, Ricardo Regalla Diaz, deputy of the National Directorate, called for “responsibility, altruism and, above all, unity” of the militants and asked them to show confidence. in Andre Ventura’s decisions regarding the distribution of posts.

The congress also observed a minute of silence for “the victims of corruption and socialism, who killed thousands of people because there are no hospitals, no health care, no ambulances.” This was the proposal of activist Manuel Matias, father of MP and youth leader Rita Matias.