This Saturday, former PSD deputy Rui Cristina cited the historical Social Democrats Mota Pinto and Sa Carneiro to justify his candidacy for Chega, a party that he believes can bring “the necessary governmental stability” to Portugal.
As part of an initiative aimed at presenting the general direction of Chega’s election program, Rui Cristina, who left the PSD last week to become an unregistered MP, was one of the most applauded speakers of the day at the Sakawema Cultural Center in the constituency. from Loures.
The deputy, who will lead the list of the Chega por Évora party in the legislative elections on March 10, noted that he did not make this decision “overnight.”
“I have known Andre Ventura since the 2016 Congress, I am Chega’s independent candidate because I believe in Andre, in the political project that Chega has for our country. Since 2019, Chegi’s policy has defeated the Portuguese: first with the deputy, now there are 12 of them, and tomorrow there will be even more,” he said, recalling the phrase of former PSD leader Carlos Mota Pinto: “today there are many of us, tomorrow there will be millions of us.”
Later, the founder of the PSD, Francisco Sa Carneiro, will also be mentioned that it is difficult for him to be elected in Évora, a circle in which Chega has no deputies.
“The no-risk policy is a bummer,” he said.
The MP believed that Chega could bring “the necessary governmental stability to Portugal” and said it was “unacceptable” to continue the fight against corruption “in parties in the arch of power.”
“The office of the prime minister was not enough, now in Madeira,” he said, referring to a process that has already led to the resignation of Social Democrat Miguel Albuquerque.
Rui Cristina said he supports Chegu in areas such as education, health and justice, and believes the party is “currently a political force with a political project to change the country.”
Eduardo Teixeira, another former PSD deputy who will head Chegi’s list for Viana do Castelo, called Andre Ventura a “great leader” and said it was a lie that he was just the party’s candidate because he had no places on the list. lists of Social Democrats.
Over the course of almost five hours, more than twenty speakers presented some of the provisions of Chegi’s election program, which will be published in full next week.
In the chapter on infrastructure, MP Filipe Melo left a statement that if Chega became government, the new Lisbon airport would be “a project that would be easy to put into practice” and he wanted a chief executive to join ANA.
“It is impossible to give everything into the hands of private individuals,” he said.
Regarding the sale of TAP, he said Chega would not place restrictions on its privatization, but would also demand that “the government have a seat on the board”, that the Lisbon “hub” be maintained, and that “all jobs” be maintained.
In education, MP Gabriel Mita Ribeiro reiterated Chegi’s commitment to restoring the frozen tenure of teachers “for a maximum period of four years” and the return of national examinations at the end of all education cycles.
Also, MP Pedro Frasan noted that “one of Chega’s main priorities” is to give dignity to the rural world: “We are going to contact the government and make the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries work once and for all,” he said.
On defense, former PSD State Secretary Henrique de Freitas, now head of the Chega por Portalegre list, expressed his commitment to keeping the armed forces limited to Portuguese citizens in an initiative that also included proposals such as tax exemptions for women in the IRS. with four or more children or a national support program for those who wish to leave prostitution.
Closing the congress, MP Rita Matias, head of the Setúbal list, repeated the ambitions expressed by leader André Ventura to win the early legislative elections on March 10.
“We don’t need coalitions, we don’t need anyone’s support, we don’t need crutches, we want to win,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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