This Wednesday, the PS general secretary accused the AD of representing a social failure on women’s rights and a lack of humanity in the face of immigration, but drew attention to the problems and tensions in the welfare state regarding the integration of foreign workers.
These positions were outlined by Pedro Nuno Santos at a lunchtime rally in Leiria, in a speech in which he once again denounced the fact that PSD President Luis Montenegro threw himself in the face this morning at a climate change activist from the Lisbon tourism agency. Exchange.
“We share concerns about the climate, but in this way we are only drawing attention to the paint, not to the cause,” said the socialist leader.
In his speech, the PS Secretary General once again referred to the speech given on Monday evening by former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho, who established the relationship between immigration and security, establishing at this stage a line of demarcation in the face of the political right: “We are humanists and this is our distinctive feature in relation to them.”
The PS Secretary General then highlighted the contribution of immigrants to the social security system (around 1,600 million euros per year) as well as to the national productive sectors experiencing employment difficulties.
But he then promised a “relentless fight against illegal immigration, human trafficking and labor exploitation” and acknowledged problems in the welfare state’s response to the integration of foreign workers (and their families) in the country.
“We are not going to bury our heads in the sand. We’re not doing enough. We must welcome those who come to work in Portugal,” he added.
Pedro Nuno Santos also referred to the statements of CDS-PP Vice-President Paulo Nuncio, candidate for the Lisbon constituency on the AD list, who defended the holding of a new referendum on voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG), in the debate held by the Portuguese Federation for Life.
The PS General Secretary took the opportunity to highlight the “importance of women’s voices” in the PS.
“It is necessary to avoid social regression. The future is at stake. We do not want to return to the past,” he said in the final part of his speech.
More than 10.8 million Portuguese are called to vote on March 10 to elect 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic.
18 political forces, 15 parties and three coalitions are competing in these elections.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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