CDU says controversy over private consultations serves as a “distraction”

The leader of the CDU’s European list said this Sunday that the controversy over the private consultant involved in the emergency health plan is contributing to “distracting the campaign from what is important and central.”

During a rally in the center of Setúbal, where he was accompanied by PCP secretary-general Paulo Raimundo, João Oliveira was asked how he saw the disagreement between the PS and the government over the hiring of a private consultant to prepare the emergency medical plan announced last week.

“I hope that the Portuguese understand that entangling the election campaign in such issues contributes to the distraction of what is important and central, namely the issues of wages, pensions, health care and housing,” replied Joao Oliveira.

The candidate expressed the hope that people will not allow themselves to be “distracted from what is really central” and will find in the CDU “not only a force that points to policies that serve them, but will also be important in the election campaign.” “, doing what’s really important, rather than turning the campaign into a time of hysterics or fruitless accusations.”

When asked if he was concerned about the problems associated with mobile voting, João Oliveira said he “sincerely hopes that people will decide to vote and actually vote.”

The candidate emphasized that in this election, “voting is the same as always: it is done with a pen, with a paper ballot, and gives the same grounds for trust that people have always had in elections.”

I hope “that no elements have been discovered that could undermine the confidence that people should have in the conditions of voting. And, by the way, in order for the voting to be correct, it is on the square that there are a sickle, a hammer and a sunflower nearby.” to this,” he joked.

Asked what the CDU has done to convince those who are still undecided, João Oliveira said that he has made an effort to “insist on the issues that matter most to every person,” namely “wages, pensions, health care.” , housing, support for national production and scientific and technical development.”

“We are convinced that those who have not yet decided have enough time to make a decision and are especially in a position to decide on the CDU’s arguments,” he said.

In these statements, João Oliveiro was also asked that the head of the Liberal Initiative (IL) list, João Cotrim Figueiredo, once again insisted that the PCP and Chega are parties with much in common.

“As for IL, I just want to say this: We’re not wasting wax on background noise anymore,” he said, with Paulo Raimundo noting that IL was “a little off topic.”