A Livre spokesman said on Tuesday that right-wing parties should “play fair” and clarify whether they would vote on the left-wing government’s rejection motion presented by Chega to avoid “surprises” after the election.
“I think the Portuguese right should enlighten us, they should play fair with their fellow citizens. Yesterday [segunda-feira] I asked IL and AD if they would vote for the motion to reject the proposal presented by Chega to the government supported by the left (…) It turns out that both Luis Montenegro and Rui Rocha were unable to answer this very simple question,” said the door – voice Livra.
On the sidelines of a visit to the CEiiA in Matosinhos, Rui Tavares said both parties should clarify the issue by the end of the election campaign, saying he did not want “surprises on March 11.”
“If people vote knowing the facts, the vote is legitimate and will be respected on our part, whether we like it or not. Another thing is that there are hiding places here and then on the 11th. [de março] they say that in the end they are voting with the far right to overthrow the left-wing government,” he added.
Asked whether the presence of former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho in the election campaign could “have a bad influence” on the leader of the Democratic Alliance (AD), Rui Tavares responded that he was “afraid of ghosts” and said that he “does not believe in ghosts.” “.
“Pedro Passos Coelho came to make one thing clear: in the end, according to his logic, there is no democratic right and a right that is excluded, there is only a right that is more radicalized,” he remarked.
Comparing Pedro Passos Coelho with Manuel da Silva Passos, better known as Passos Manuel and a former minister in the 19th century, Rui Tavares argued that “Portugal cannot simply be a country of easy money, luxury real estate and mass tourism.”
“This must be a country that values people, knowledge and territory,” he noted, adding that for this it is necessary to increase wages and strengthen the social security system.
“Livre is not saying it will happen overnight, but the simplifications that the right is offering us are gimmicks,” he said, referring to tax cuts proposed by some parties.
Asked by reporters about Pedro Passos Coelho’s use of the words “immigration and insecurity in the same sentence,” Rui Tavares said it meant “a very great ignorance of the data and facts on the ground,” deeming it “inexcusable.” for the former prime minister.”
“The data is very clear, we are one of the safest countries in the world (…) On the lists of certain political parties in this election it is easier to find people with records suspected of crimes, including violent ones. than among immigrants. This figure is, of course, higher, and someone has to do these calculations,” he said.
Accompanied by the leaders of Livre pelo Porto and a small delegation, Rui Tavares today got acquainted with some of the projects being developed by CEiiA, the Center for Engineering and Product Development in the areas of mobility, decarbonization and aeronautics.
Between electric vehicles and satellites, Livre championed the need to create a national knowledge transfer center in Portugal that would involve multidisciplinary teams of experts as well as the local community, associations and local authorities.
“The Portugal of the future already exists, it has not yet been fully distributed,” he said, believing that these initiatives help preserve knowledge and strengthen the country.
“It is important to have a country that is not afraid, a national policy that does not create fear about the future,” he said, accusing other candidates of using the “business of fear” in this election.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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