The PS general secretary said this Thursday that the party is ready to make concessions regarding the IRS, but stressed that if the PSD wants an agreement, it will have to “show humility” and “take seriously” the socialists’ proposals.
Speaking to reporters upon his arrival at the Adega Regional de Colares, where he will attend the meeting of the Strategic Business Council of Sintra, Pedro Nuno Santos was asked about the new PSD and CDS proposal by the IRS, which strengthens the reduction of rates in the 3rd and 4th levels .
In his response, Pedro Nuno Santos expressed the hope that the PSD parliamentary group “will want to become closer to the PS,” emphasizing that it was the Socialists’ proposal that was generally approved in Parliament, and not the government’s proposal, which “was approved in general.” demote to specialty without a vote.”
“It is therefore important that there is humility on both sides: we are ready to make concessions, but it is very important that the SDP realizes that it is very far from an absolute majority and that it really has to negotiate in parliament,” he defended.
Asked if he expected the negotiations to be carried out on the basis of a proposal from the PS rather than the PSD, Pedro Nuno Santos replied: “The PS has also already made a new proposal, it is assumed that the PSD has made a proposal as if it did not exist.” This was already an offer from PS.”
The PS leader stressed that he hopes that “the parties will come together, confident that the proposal approved in parliament and having the opportunity to be approved in parliament belonged to the PS, and not the government.”
“Therefore, there must be humility here: the Government does not have an absolute majority, it has the same number of deputies as the PS. Therefore, if it wants an agreement with the PS, it must take seriously what the PS has proposed and the counter-proposals that the PS will make,” he stressed.
In these statements to journalists, Pedro Nuno Santos once again stated that the government must present the studies that are “the basis for the announcement of the strengthening of hourly traffic at Lisbon Airport”, emphasizing that this is an issue that has not been assessed by the Lisbon authorities. independent technical committee.
“It is very important that the Government really makes informed and informed decisions. I’m not saying that it shouldn’t be strengthened, I’m saying that before making decisions, they need to be studied and evaluated. “was considered to be justified, but this, apparently, was not the case,” he argued.
Regarding the proposals presented by Chega and the Liberal Initiative to create a commission of inquiry into the events of Santa Casa da Misericordia in Lisbon, Pedro Nuno Santos said that the PS should evaluate them before making a decision, but stressed that this is a general principle – and not in this particular case – believes that parliament should not “become a permanent parliamentary commission of inquiry.”
Pedro Nuno Santos also criticized the dismissal of SCML Ombudsman Ana Jorge, emphasizing that she was dismissed “on charges that turned out to be false” and regretting “that the minister uses slander to carry out sanitary measures.”
“This leaves us in no doubt that this is a political bailout, and this has happened on several fronts: we are talking about mandates that are being interrupted, without a clear explanation of the reasons for these replacements,” he said.
The PS leader also said that he went to the Adega Regional de Colares to discuss the economy, believing that “unfortunately this has not yet been done since the legislative elections.”
“This is truly the most important topic for the country and for national development, and from politicians in general, from the government in particular, we have not heard anything yet, and I wanted to leave this note,” he added in a statement in which he declined to comment on the content meeting held this week with Prime Minister Luis Montenegro.
On Wednesday, PSD unveiled a proposal to replace the government’s IRS proposal, strengthening rate cuts in Groups 3 and 4 and increasing them in Group 6, while also paving the way for annual group renewals.
The announcement of the new PSD proposal came during a two-week debate with the Prime Minister, where the leader of the Social Democrats’ parliamentary group, Hugo Soares, said that the aim of the new text was to bring it closer to the PS proposals. Chega and BE.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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