This Wednesday, the Prime Minister accused Chega of throwing a “hysteria” in parliament over the government’s proposals and questioned whether the party only wants “chairs and pans” while defending an alliance with the PSD.
The criticism was made by Luis Montenegro at the end of the first two-week debate and drew furious protests from the Chega bench, which called for a defense of honor to challenge the charge.
“This commitment must be fulfilled. I told the Portuguese voters what alliance policies my party would pursue before and after the elections, and I said that I would not enter into alliances with the Chega party, I envisaged this directly with the President of Chega,” Montenegro said during the debate stage in which Andre Ventura did not participate in the semicircle.
The Prime Minister then accused Chegu of “hysterics consistent with the expression of political immaturity” which he attributed to the party.
“It’s one thing if we don’t have a government alliance, but it’s another thing entirely to say yes to voter representation. Having succumbed to your “no-no” hysteria, you, deputies, cannot say “yes” to the national interests, the interests of the people, and this has led you to a stronghold that is absurd from a political point of view. Were you really only worried about the chairs and pots on this side?” he asked, receiving a standing ovation from the SDP and SDS-NP deputies.
The Prime Minister then left a proposal for “homework for the coming months” on the Chegi benches.
“Have the opportunity to reflect on the need to bring the representation entrusted to you into line with your political views. One of two things: either you, despite the fact that you don’t like my “no is no” commitment, can say “yes” to the country, or today they are objectively closer to the thoughts and proposals of the PS than to the proposals of this government,” he said.
Montenegro believes that specific discussion of the IRS proposals will provide an opportunity to conduct this review.
The parliamentary leader of Chegi, Pedro Pinto, then asked to defend the honor of the college, and when asked by the President of the Assembly of the Republic about the reason, he replied that it would be “due to hysteria,” causing laughter among the PSD, IL and CDS-PP.
“What’s here for a reason, if we’re fighting for anything, it’s for pots and pans. You know very well that we allow government negotiations to be conducted without mandates from Chega’s party. It’s not Chega who throws hysterics,” it’s you who says: “This not not from the very beginning,” he criticized.
Pedro Pinto also accused the government of not delivering what it promised to police officers and teachers, and in response to the CDS-PP’s comments, stated: “I don’t speak with appendages, I don’t speak with crutches.”
“It doesn’t suit him to accuse Chega of what he is accusing,” MP Chega complained.