Reaction of all parties to the inauguration of secretaries of state

The 41 secretaries of state of the XXIV Constitutional Government took office this Friday at the National Palace of Ajuda.

PS
The PS, the main opposition party, responded by saying there was an answer that had not yet been given by the Democratic Alliance, saying it was still unclear how stability would be guaranteed in Portugal.

“How does AD intend to ensure the stability of our country? We live in a different time than the one we lived in some time ago,” said João Torres. “This is a fundamental issue that needs to be resolved” because we live in “different times” and “the composition of the Assembly of the Republic also illustrates this,” he said.

Joao Torres refused to “give an individual assessment” to government members and said that “what is important is that the organization works” and “how the various delegations of responsibilities will be coordinated.”

CDS
Paulo Nuncio praised the executive list drawn up today, noting that it will be “composed of experienced politicians and qualified civil society and academic staff” and that now “the time has come to get to work and govern.”

“The SDS will have two excellent secretaries of state who will represent our two best people,” he stressed, given that defense, an area overseen by centrist minister Nuno Melo, the SDS president, and internal administration are “the two fundamental areas of the SDS.” sovereignty”.

He’s arriving
Through Chegu, leader and MP Pedro Pinto once again criticized the size of the government and said that big leaders are “not doing any good for the country,” criticizing the PSD for “continuing on the path of the PS.”

Pedro Pinto once again pointed out the absence of the PCP and BE at the inauguration ceremony of secretaries of state – as happened at the inauguration ceremony of ministers – believing that if the communists and blocs “do not want to talk to this government”, they should not retreat from them, because “they outside”.

POT
As for PAN, the representative and sole deputy also saw “negative signs” in the structure of the executive branch, but believes that the main thing will be “for the country and the opposition to know Luis Montenegro’s vision for the country.”

“I remember that Luis Montenegro does not have a majority government, he has a minority government, and in order for there to be stability of the government and the ability of the Assembly of the Republic to comment on government decisions, it is important that there is dialogue, under threat of punishment.” The Portuguese are punished the most,” said Ines de Sousa Real.

For free
Livre MP Paulo Muacho noted the growing concern of the party as the organization of the XXIV Constitutional Government becomes known, negatively emphasizing the “super-ministry of education” or the return of forests to agriculture.

“We will wait for the government’s program and policies, but these first signs do not give us peace,” he said.

When asked how Livre would position itself in a possible commission of inquiry into the twins case, the MP replied that the party did not yet have a definite position and would have to “analyze what it wants to find out.”