Parliament rejects proposals to reject PCP and BE. After more than nine hours of deliberations on Thursday, only the closing period remained this Friday.

‘It was clear who was supporting and complicit in the failure’: PCP responds to leadership in denial motion

PCP lawmaker Paula Santos said the movement’s leadership is making it clear “who is supporting and complicit in this failure.”

“The disapproval of this proposal clearly shows who supports right-wing policies,” he said.

Parliament rejects proposals to reject PCP and BE

Parliament rejected two motions to reject the XXIV Program for Constitutional Government presented by BE and PCP, with PSD, Chega and CDS voting against, PS abstaining and BE, PCP and Livre voting in favor.

The only PAN MP abstained on BE’s motion and voted against the PCP text.

The PSD/CDU minority government, led by Social Democrat Luis Montenegro, is now fully operational, having completed its consideration of the government program in the Assembly of the Republic.

“The inclusion of measures is a sign of openness”: Paulo Rangel concludes the debate on the election program

Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Paulo Rangel concluded the debate in the Assembly of the Republic by declaring that the government has “firmness and energy” to address the specific concerns of Portuguese men and women.

For the deputy, the consideration of the lack of will for dialogue is “unfair”, since the inclusion of 60 measures in the program is real proof of that very openness.

“[O Programa] will be the basis of negotiations. Criticism of including 60 party proposals is unfair,” he said.

The question, he said, “is to know who will be willing to cooperate with the new government in solving these problems.”

“Who, after all, wants to solve the problems of Portuguese women and men?” – he asked.

“As the Government’s program is not to be discussed, the Prime Minister still wanted a clear signal to be given that opposition is not antagonized or excluded,” he said, stressing that, according to the Constitution, “it is not expected or It is desirable that the Government Program be coordinated with the opposition.”

“The new government is sure of one thing: if there is responsibility, there will be stability and we Portuguese will be able to cross these ‘never sailed seas’ more safely,” he said.

The SDP highlights the “political hypocrisy” in the measures proposed by the PS. – Where were you six months ago?

PSD parliamentary leader Hugo Soares highlighted the Socialist Party’s “political hypocrisy” in proposals presented in parliament. “Where were you six months ago?” – he shot.

“Hearing the PS general secretary announce, for example, the abolition of tolls in the former SCUT, and seeing former government members stand up and applaud, is hypocrisy and a lie,” he said.

“Where were the lady deputies six months ago, a year ago? I don’t know where they were, but I can already say that they are uncomfortable today,” he repeated.

PS insists on completing SCUT

The Socialist Party will propose in parliament to stop payments to former Scut, a promise made during the election campaign. Pedro Nuno Santos announces that this is one of five initiatives that the party will present now.

PS will propose reducing VAT on electricity to a reduced rate for more than three million Portuguese and intends to exclude children as a condition of access to the solidarity supplement for older people.

The party will also propose to increase the deductible for rental costs to 800 euros.

Finally, he also wants student housing to be paid for for displaced students whose families have income up to IRS income bracket six.

‘The country’s problem is not the rich’: IL talks about ‘envy’ and ‘smallness’ in leftist arguments

IL considered that the changes included in the Government Program were insufficient, although it acknowledged some of its concerns in the document, and called on the head of PSD/CDS-PP to “implement a new economic model.” This position was expressed by the parliamentary leader of the Liberal Initiative (IL) Mariana Leitan.

As an example, the leader of the IL parliament cited “the need to promote economic growth, reduce the tax burden, simplify and reduce bureaucracy, as well as the need to reduce taxes in the construction sector.”

“The government’s program does not meet the needs of the country. The country needs more, the Portuguese need much more,” he added.

“The country’s problem is not the rich, the problem is that we had left-wing policies that dictated the direction of the country’s development and made everyone poorer. “And only pettiness and envy can justify the insistence on profit and wealth when we should all want companies to make more and more profits and people to have more and more wealth,” he said.

Pedro Nuno Santos says AD program is ‘illusory’ and will cut off public service responses

PS Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos stressed that the party will take a position of opposition to the government as it introduces measures that weaken public services and fail to value the Portuguese people.

“The PS will not allow itself to be annulled or betrayed by those who entrusted it with their votes, nor will it allow itself to be manipulated by the government’s manipulative maneuvers,” he said.

The Socialist leader emphasized that “the PS does not have two faces – one before and the other after the election campaign” and today “it does not think differently than it thought” before the elections on March 10.

“Today, the PS continues to believe that the AD’s election program, now transformed into a government program, is illusory in its macroeconomic basis, unrealizable in its set of promises, ineffective in its proposed solutions to problems, unfair in the distribution of resources and will make it impossible for public services to respond to the problems of the Portuguese in the future.” , he criticized.

“Total and absolute irresponsibility, which Chega will not join”: Ventura on the proposals of the left

Chegi President Andre Ventura said that the PS, BE, PCP and Livre acted with “total and utter irresponsibility” and that they had “no shame or shame” in the statements they have made recently.

“The left wants to demand compliance with measures that the country cannot delay. Blok, PKP and Livre don’t speak for another day. But they left the country in its biggest quagmire since the events of April 25. modesty or shame. For PKP and bloc, the presentation of sentences ranges from irony to comedy. It is absolutely irresponsible for Chega not to join,” he said.

Ventura took the opportunity to challenge Ventura for right-wing causes and classified the budget as “betinho y pipi”. “It seems so, but it’s not so,” he thought.

Blocker Fabian Figueiredo considers the program “the key to Euromillions” for large companies

Left Bloc (BE) lawmaker Fabian Figueiredo confirmed the idea the party presented during Thursday’s debate, stressing that the program is intended for a “small elite” and “promotes social injustice.”

“The government program is the key to Euromillions for companies that have always depended on the state,” said the blocker, mentioning multinationals such as EDP and SONAE.

In Thursday’s plenary several parties called BE an “EDP obsessed” but the MP will now ensure that BE is about tackling inequality.”

“It’s in the name of this obsession with social injustice. We want to prevent young people from leaving the country. Portugal, where people work hard for little money. The government program does not intend to deal with this circumstance and wants to insist on the past. “

The blocker considered the document submitted to be “essentially vague, often incoherent, vague and fragile.”

“For all reasons, in this Parliament and beyond, we reject these bad policies, and it is in this rejection that we will find reasons to build a left-wing, green and free alternative. This alternative will come sooner or later.” “, he thought.

Paulo Raimundo of the PKP says that from this government “one can only expect regression and exploitation.”

PCP Secretary General Paulo Raimundo confirmed that in the government program “everything is business”, in which macro companies and not the Portuguese are the main beneficiaries.

“We can only expect regression and exploitation from government actions. We want to confirm once again that they are not counting on PKP,” he emphasized.

The communist said that the executive branch is bringing “a bad memory of the Troika” with the help of the “eviction” program, which maintains the drama in which thousands of people live.

According to the MP, the government is trying to support policies based on the “productivity fallacy”, but this is doing little to improve the wage conditions of the Portuguese.

Paulo Raimundo considered it necessary this year to “establish a minimum wage of one thousand euros” and asked the executive not to put “patches here and there.”

“It is necessary to increase wages and put an end to instability,” he stressed.

“It benefits some, but harms many”: Ines Mendes Lopez do Livre on the election program

The leader of the Livre parliament, Isabel Mendez Lopez, called the latest debate “not at all ambitious”, which mainly discussed the “arrogance of some and others.”

“The country looks to the future with ambition. It’s not enough to say what she wants to say. The inclusion of individual measures on the part of the parties does not tell. A country with ambitions must be ambitious. This government program benefits some but harms many,” he ruled.

The MP believes that most companies in Portugal do not pay the IRC and that the government’s measures represent a “fiscal advantage”. “There is no updated information on working conditions. This does not correspond to April,” he said.

Inés Méndez López also found that the executive showed a lack of willingness to introduce a four-day week, a measure that could lead to “increased productivity and worker well-being.”

Paulo Nunzio of the CDS sees left-wing movements as “a competition between Lenists and Trotskyists.”

CDS-PP parliamentary leader Paulo Nuncio said the government has demonstrated initiative and ability to solve the problems of the country it inherited, saying the government marks a change in political approach.

According to the deputy, the no-confidence votes presented by left-wing parties represent “a competition between Lenists and Trotskyists for the leadership of the far left in Portugal.”

The PAN will abstain from the BE proposal and vote against the PCP proposal.

The debate begins a few minutes later than scheduled due to the delay of PAN’s sole deputy, Inés Souza Real. A PAN spokesman announced that the party would abstain from a vote of no confidence in BE and vote against the PCP, despite believing that the program does not deliver what was promised by the Democratic Alliance during the election period.

The MP looks with “concern” at “issues such as serious climate issues”, believing that they are not considered a priority.