The PSD chairman said this Sunday that he hopes that the government “has the capacity for dialogue” to stop the protest of the security forces, given that the situation is “very serious” and the socialist executive “bears the main responsibility.”
“I hope that the government has the capacity for dialogue to stop this escalation, which benefits no one. This is not good for the citizens or for those who protest,” Luis Montenegro said this Sunday.
The PSD leader spoke to journalists in Ponta Delgada, on the island of Sao Miguel, in the Azores, where regional elections will be held this Sunday.
In his opinion, “what is happening in the security forces is very serious and cannot be kept silent.”
In statements to journalists, he considered that the reaction of PSP and GNR agents was “legitimate and justified,” but “the government’s unforgivable mistake does not give the security forces the right to break the law, create indiscipline and cause a feeling of insecurity among the population.”
“It is even more permissible and acceptable to threaten to boycott the legislative elections that will be held on March 10,” he added.
According to Montenegro, in a rule of law state, “no one is above the law”: “Security forces, whose main mission is precisely to uphold the law, ensure its respect and guarantee the safety of citizens, cannot lose their minds, even if they are right from -for what they might lose.”
“I sincerely hope that these threats will end and common sense will prevail. And I also hope that there are no extremist and populist political forces encouraging such excesses. The safety of citizens is too important for parties to play with fire,” he emphasized.
The PSD chairman recalled that the government “created the problem” and “has been silent until today”: “In fact, anyone who sees the Prime Minister and members of the government, ministers on the street this Sunday will even get the feeling that they are doing everything in in a hurry, which they have not been able to do for the last eight years.”
He mentioned that there are farmers, police officers, doctors, nurses, judicial officials and even military personnel in the country who are “dissatisfied with the way the government is treating public servants” and the responsibility lies with the executive branch and in the case of the security forces also the interior minister business
He recalled that this week he received representatives of the PSP unions and the GNR trade unions at PSD headquarters and had the opportunity to tell them that he considers this issue a priority and that no negotiations are taking place three to four weeks before the elections. “from the point of view of making specific commitments.”
“Now the legitimacy and justification of their protests cannot contradict the interests of society, the missionary responsibilities of those vested with state power, namely to be promoters of calm, a sense of security, and respect for the principles of law,” he emphasized.
The PSP and GNR elements require a supplement identical to that allocated to the Judicial Police, since for more than three weeks they protested against the initiative of the PSP agent before the Assembly of the Republic in Lisbon, which later spread to the entire country.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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