Socialist leader Pedro Nuno Santos found this Monday “frightening” the fact that former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho “joined the far-right discourse”, calling on young people to join the fight against this “return to the past”.
In an interview this evening with TVI/CNN, Pedro Nuno Santos expressed concern that “the classic right, the traditional right, Pedro Passos Coelho” are taking up the “far right flag” and “attacking” the Portuguese way of life, lamenting that ” the right is trying to impose its vision of society and family.”
“It’s scary that the former prime minister [Pedro Passos Coelho] joined this speech, which is an extreme right speech that must be fought and the PS will always fight it without hesitation and I hope that the Portuguese youth will be with us so that we can fight a return to a past in which there is no desire come back,” he said.
Noting that “Chega did not hesitate to praise” Passos Coelho’s performance this afternoon, Pedro Nuno Santos said he does not believe young Portuguese, including those who voted for Chega, will accept a failure in the way the relationship is perceived between people. . .
“There is no imposition of a certain view of the family, it’s just the opposite. I see a lot of people on the right talking about the natural family. I don’t know what that means about the natural family, I know there are many families,” he criticized.
The PS leader also rejected any indoctrination of youth in schools, since what exists “is teaching respect for others, tolerance, freedom.”
Former Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho today asked for a “very strong signal” in response to those who expressed disappointment in the last elections, and not to create theatrical divisions in the political space.
This idea was defended during the presentation of the book “Identity and family – between the consciousness of tradition and the demands of modernity”, which was attended by Chegi leaders Andre Ventura and CDS-PP Nuno Melo-Passos. Coelho
The work brings together texts by such personalities as Jaime Nogueira Pinto, Manuel Clemente, Manuela Ramalho Eanes, João Cesar das Neves, Isabel Galrisa Neto, Guilherme D’Oliveira Martins or José Ribeiro y Castro and others.
At the entrance to the presentation, Passos Coelho was asked about criticism for joining the family vision of some of the book’s authors, complaining that “more and more labels and caricatures” are appearing in the public space with the sole purpose of “attacking and disqualifying.” “.
“Portugal, despite some delay in this approach, also experiences this vice, which reduces public space and tends to redirect certain discussions that interest the whole society towards ultramontanes, ultraconservatives and other things that usually follow,” he said. adding that in the political space these labels are quickly replaced by others.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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