Tax cuts, higher wages, repeal of abortion and euthanasia laws, and restrictions on immigration will be among the first proposals by parties currently without seats in parliament if they are elected in the next legislative elections.
In a debate in which the RTP united 10 parties without parliamentary representation on Tuesday, RIR’s Marcia Enriquez suggested that the party’s first measure, if it manages to elect an MP, would be to “cut the tax burden.” namely the maximum and average VAT rates.”
However, the president of Reactir Include Reciclar (RIR), which received the most votes from small parties in the 2022 legislative elections (23,232 votes), recalled that “the Portuguese do not mind paying taxes if they receive good services from the state in return.” , what they don’t do, it happens.”
The more radical João Pinto of the PCTP/MRPP guaranteed that the party’s first measure would be “the abolition of all taxes except one, which would be highly progressive and would affect income and wealth.”
José Manuel Coelho of the PTP, who throughout the debate defended “free rights to health and housing,” asking the state to “get money from the banking sector,” believed that his party’s symbolic measure would be “increasing wages and pensions.” .
The leader of the National Democratic Alternative (ADN), Bruno Fialho, also defended a “global tax cut” as a first measure in the event of elections, but as a “nuance”, acknowledging that this should first of all bring benefits.” those who have the most children,” and also recommended urgently increasing maternity leave.
The issue of fertility support is also high on the list of measures of the New Right, the party making its debut in legislative elections, with President Ossanda Lieber considering “fertility incentives, access to fertility treatment and loans for young couples” to ensure that there will be “healthy and large families” in the country.
Concerned about “bipolarization in politics”, Nuno Afonso of Alternative 21, which brings together Alliance and MPT, advocated as an important measure as “restructuring the National Health Service (NHS) to function as a global system” and combating “collectivism” existing in politics.”
José Pinto Coelho from Erge-te, the name adopted in 2020 by the National Renewal Party (PNR), expressed the desire to reach parliament to “repeal the laws on abortion, euthanasia, same-sex marriage” as well as “repeal the laws on abortion, euthanasia , same-sex marriage.” destruction of gender ideology” and “closing borders” because the country is being “invaded.”
Volt, led by Inés Bravo Figueiredo and which considers itself a pan-European and pragmatic party, understands that improving public administration is essential because: “The 45 billion that will come from the European Union needs to be put to good use and that is why we need better managers.”
Taking itself as a movement, the Nos, Cidadaos party, represented in the debate by Joaquim Rocha Afonso, wants to “open parliament to civil society movements that are not political parties”, as well as the need to “return to a flexible and efficient structure based on a competent public servant , and not the “boys” from the PS and SDP.”
The Madeiran Filipe Sousa of Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP), who took on the ambition and wanted to elect a deputy in the Madeira circle, assured that if this happened, his first measure would be to propose “a revision of the constitution to strengthen the regional autonomies.” “, as well as the “changing air mobility pattern” of the Madeirans and Azoreans.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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