“Unambitious”, with a “smell of the past” and “old-fashioned”. This is how the political parties with seats in parliament reacted to the list of names of the government of the leader of the Democratic Alliance, Luis Montenegro, presented this Thursday. With the exception of the SDP and SDS-NP, all party leaders believed that the new composition was not capable of responding to the country’s problems and that this indicated a lack of ambition.
Enough: “The government won’t last long”
Chegi President Andre Ventura felt that the choice of Alliance leader had not met expectations and stated that he believed the new government would not last long.
“It turned out that the prime minister-designate was incapable of recruiting prestigious people, which was what the country needed at this time. Montenegro could do much more. This government will not last long,” said Andre Ventura.
CDS. “Government will ‘restore dignity to police'”
Paulo Nuncio of the CDS-PP told reporters that the names presented showed a “reformist and ambitious” government that would “restore the dignity of the police force.”
“This is certainly a government that will implement the electoral program presented by AD. This is also a government ready to restore humanity and efficiency to social media. “Restore quality and standards in public schools and restore dignity to the police force,” he ordered.
PSD: “Old Fashioned Government”
Social Democratic lawmaker Hugo Soares says the published list shows an “old-fashioned government.”
“The new Portuguese government combines political experience with the ability to recruit civil society representatives. The government, in addition to this political experience, was also able to recruit from civil society. This seems very important to me. the old way,” he explained.
PAN: “Backsliding in the field of gender equality”
PAN spokeswoman Ines Souza Real called the composition of the executive branch “a regression in the field of gender equality.”
“This composition is a step backwards in the field of gender equality. We expected more,” he said.
“Knowledge of the composition confirms the concerns expressed by the PKP. We know the program and political profile of the selected individuals. This is not a government that guarantees solutions to the problems faced by the Portuguese,” he said.
Livre criticized the merger of the ministries of infrastructure and housing
Paulo Muacho, a Livre deputy, criticized the composition of the government, namely the merger of the ministries of infrastructure and housing.
IL: “It seems too big”
Liberal Bernardo Blanco stressed that in the list presented by Montenegro, there is a balance between people with political experience and representatives of civil society. However, he considered that the executive branch had too many ministries.
“Youth do not need a ministry,” he emphasized.
BE: “The government smells of the past”
MP Fabian Figueiredo said the government “smells of the past and that it saved the figures from the troika.”
PS: “This seems to be causing a backlash.”
Socialist Pedro Delgado Alves believes the new government could threaten political stability and “appears to bring failure.”
“A government consisting of AD figures. There is no expansion that Luis Montenegro intends to manage. A program that seems wrong to us and looks set to fail,” he said.
Author: Sarah Reis Teixeira
Source: CM Jornal
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