The UGT advocates “very deep reflection” on the “widespread discontent” underlying Chegi’s “exponential growth”, emphasizing as a “core requirement” for the next government to comply with medium- and multi-year governance agreements.
“The news of this result [das eleições legislativas de domingo] In fact, it is the exponential growth of a more radical right-wing party, in this case Chegi, and this shows that there is widespread discontent because not all citizens who vote for that party will identify with some of the ideologies of that same party. party,” said the deputy general secretary of the General Workers Union (GTU) in a statement this Monday to the Lusa news agency.
In this sense, Sergio Monte argues that “all democratic parties of the center, center right and center left must think very deeply about why this discontent exists and where it has gone wrong.”
As for the new government that will emerge as a result of these elections, which will be formed, “everything indicates,” AD. [Aliança Democrática]which will carry out “the negotiations that it needs to carry out” – the UGT emphasizes that “what is important is the program that will be presented.”
“We know the party program that was presented at the election campaign stage, but we know that there is an auction of promises and there are many things that are not very feasible. But now the government’s program is as follows: it is an important tool for us, to which we will pay close attention,” the Deputy Secretary General assured.
In this regard, Sergio Monte stressed that the “big demand” of the trade union center “is to demand that the next government respect the Medium-Term Agreement.” [de Melhoria dos Rendimentos, dos Salários e da Competitividade] and Multi-Year Agreement [de Valorização dos Trabalhadores] government controlled”.
“It is legitimate for us to demand compliance with the agreement because it was signed with the government, the government that represents the state, and as a good person, any government that represents the state must enforce the agreement,” he argued.
“Over time, we will even propose to extend it or improve it, as we did this year in 2024,” he added. Equally important for the trade union center is that the next government “will place social cohesion at the center” as “the most developed countries in Europe are those that have a strong tradition and culture of social dialogue.”
An advocate of “stability,” but mindful that “even with an absolute majority, stability is in question, as we have already seen,” the UGT believes that the future of the next government “will now depend on consensus and ongoing negotiations.” .
“It is obvious that there will be a minority government if the promises made during the campaign are fulfilled, but the tradition in Portugal over these 50 years of democracy is also minority governments, with the exception of majority governments,” said Sérgio Monte.
The UGT Assistant Secretary General, however, predicts that with the new “political spectrum” in Portugal “there may be some unrest”, admitting that “Chega, if left out of any government decision, will eventually try to provoke elections.” to see if we can become the first political force.”
“I believe in what was promised and that this hypothesis does not arise,” he said, adding: “It would be good if the two largest parties understood each other. There was already a party, in this case the PS, that said that it will not allow a vote of no confidence.”
AD – The Democratic Alliance (PSD/CDU/PPM coalition) won Sunday’s legislative elections with 29.49% of the votes and 79 deputies, against 28.66% and 77 deputies achieved by the PS, although the votes still need to be distributed. from the emigration circle.
Chega quadrupled the number of deputies to 48, gaining 18.06% of the votes.
IL received eight deputies (5.08%), BE retained five deputies (4.46%), CDU reduced the number of deputies to four (3.3%).
Livre will form a parliamentary group for the first time, managing to recruit four deputies (3.26%), while the PAN will be left with one deputy (1.93%).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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