President Chegi said this Sunday that the proposal to equate the lowest pensions with the national minimum wage will be introduced gradually, with an initial transition to the social support index (509 euros).
“The first transition will equate the minimum pension to the social support index. [IAS]worth 1.6 billion euros,” said Andre Ventura at the entrance to the Viana do Castelo Cultural Center, where the sixth National Congress of Chegi is taking place.
The Chegi leader considers this amount of 1.6 billion to be “quite feasible” in the state budget, adding that “a big leap will come after the implementation of the IAS on the minimum wage,” he said.
Ventura said the campaign program for the March legislative elections, which will be unveiled in the coming days, will be “ambitious, credible and strong” and “the best prepared in the history of the party” and will involve “people from all areas.” “.
Asked about the presence of the PSD general secretary at the closing of the congress in the afternoon, Ande Ventura considered it a “good sign” and “important” since Hugo Soares “is one of the main figures” of the party. .
As for the names of parliamentary candidates, Andre Ventura limited himself to confirming that the “head of the list in Alentejo” would be former PSD State Secretary Enrique de Freitas, without specifying the circle, and sent out additional announcements the following days.
Andre Ventura also downplayed news that Chegi founder and former vice-president Nuno Afonso, who left the party as a result of a split with the leader, is considering supporting the Democratic Alliance (an electoral coalition uniting PSD, CDS-PP and PPM) and there is a possibility of running for deputies on these lists.
“It doesn’t bother anything, people approach whoever they want. Some leave, others come, this is democracy,” he replied.
In a review of the sixth congress of the party’s five years of existence, André Ventura, who had led the political force since its founding, argued that Chega had demonstrated “a unity that he had never shown” and believed that his election had won 98.9% of the vote. The votes show that “Chega activists are generally satisfied with the path they have taken.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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