The President of the Liberal Initiative condemned this Friday the existence of remuneration problems in all areas of the public service and defended the need for a merit-based evaluation system for workers in this sector.
“We want those who do more, who produce more, who contribute more to the country in their careers in public service, to be able to stand out from others, to be able to earn more for it, with prizes tied to goals,” Rui said . Rocha after meeting with officials of the Order of Nurses in Lisbon.
According to the IL leader, there is a “remuneration problem in all areas of the public service” that stems from a lack of commitment to economic growth, a situation that has worsened “during eight years of socialist rule” during which “the problems have multiplied and left no one satisfied.”
“The country has to grow, we have to produce wealth, so we push a lot on tax issues for both people and companies, because without economic growth we spend our lives distributing problems rather than distributing wealth. We have to stop distributing problems, we have to start distributing wealth, but to do this we have to create it,” he said.
Rui Rocha assured that “in the short term” IL is aware that “in Portugal there is a huge problem with access to healthcare,” saying: “We all know the problems of queues for operations and consultations, the problem of shortages of medical services. family doctors, restrictions that exist in hospital departments, in emergency situations.”
“All this needs to be discussed, and nurses are a very relevant and suffering professional class on this issue. Nurses are well aware of the lack of working conditions in the country,” he said, adding that “there is a very significant proportion of nurses who decide to leave Portugal every year.”
However, Rui Rocha recalled that the party has “a structural vision for health care that involves the transformation of the currently existing model, with the possibility of the Portuguese people choosing which provider they want, be it public, private or social.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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