Ventura says PS supporting PSD government is emptying AD space

On Tuesday, President Chegi considered the AD seat empty after the PS said that if it lost the election it would not table or facilitate motions to reject the PSD-led government.

When asked by journalists whether the statement by the PS general secretary affects Chega’s influence after the legislative elections on March 10, Andre Ventura replied that “it’s the other way around, it devastates the AD space” and that “whoever wants to vote for Chegu can vote for Chega great.”

“There is evidence that the Socialist Party and the PSD will unite after the elections,” he said, pointing out that the PSD president “simply didn’t want to say it.”

Given that the PSD “prefers to stick with the PS than Chegi”, André Ventura stated that “now the voters have all the cards on the table, and if they want to continue to perpetuate socialist governance, they must vote for the PSD or the PS.” “.

President Chegu said that “the two parties are equal” and that in order to “break this vicious circle, you must vote for Chegu.”

Regarding the spontaneous and unauthorized protest of hundreds of police officers near the Capitol, where the election debate between the general secretary of the PS and the president of the PSD took place on Monday, Andre Ventura said that “this is the only way in this situation.” At this moment, thousands of men and women of the security forces need to be heard.”

“The demonstration was orderly and, as far as I know, strictly consistent with the civil behavior that police officers normally conduct,” he said, denying it was an attempt at coercion.

Ventura accused the PS and PSD of “systematically ignoring and humiliating” security forces and said the debate was also marked by a “gross lack of commitment on the part of the two candidates.”

As for the concentration being unsanctioned, the Chegi leader downplayed this, saying “that’s a different matter.”

“The question is whether the police have the opportunity and the right to speak out in political debates. I think they have because it is a debate that naturally brings together two important parties, and they no longer know what to do to listen to each other,” he said.

The Chega leader expressed regret that the issue of fighting corruption did not receive more attention during the face-to-face meetings between Luis Montenegro and Pedro Nuno Santos.

“We had a government that fell because of corruption, a regional government that fell because of corruption, and we didn’t have a word from Luis Montenegro or Pedro Nuno Santos about fighting corruption. They were never asked about the fight against corruption and the Program of the Socialist Party is not even discussed,” he criticized.

André Ventura accused the PS and PSD of being “complicit in the degrading environment created in Portugal.”

On this occasion, President Chegi was also asked about the reaction of the Operation Influential judge to the prosecutor’s appeal to challenge the coercive measures applied to the defendants.

Ventura believed that “a certain schizophrenia is being created” and argued that the judge “who decided that the prosecutor’s office was wrong will not now appeal to say that the prosecutor’s office was absolutely right.”

The judge criticized the reference to new facts that were not presented at the first judicial examination, and considered the prosecutor’s thesis that the defendants Diogo Lacerda Machado and Vitor Escaria tried to put pressure on the Prime Minister to approve a favorable decree-law as contradictory and vague. , to the Start Campus society.

Today Chega held a rally for about half an hour in the Graça area of ​​Lisbon, where Andre Ventura made it a point to welcome some of the fire department personnel in the area.

Along the way, Chega’s leader heard words of encouragement from some people he met, but also heard insults and criticism, to which the delegation responded with cries of “Ventura, Ventura” and “Chega, Chega.”