Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas believes Portugal lacks “the courage to do things” and “not be afraid to do things,” he said at the Instituto +Liberdade summer university in Fátima.
“What is sorely lacking in our country is the courage to do something, not to be afraid to do something, to say something, not to be afraid of others, not to be afraid of hierarchy and not to be afraid of the system that surrounds us,” he said . Mayor of the PSD in Fátima, municipality of Ourén, district of Santarem.
Carlos Moedas illustrated the idea that Lisbon is the capital of innovation and brought Fábrica dos Unicórnios to the capital, “an idea that some even ridiculed.” “We attracted 12 unicorns. In Portugal we had seven. Why did they come? Because someone and a team had the courage not to be afraid to catch them,” he emphasized.
The mayor said modern political leadership must be based on three pillars that also govern it: influence, intimacy and inspiration.
“This way of doing politics is very different from the old way. Young people stay away from politics because they don’t see the specifics. We’ve been discussing housing for six months now. Why aren’t people interested? Because there is nothing concrete. “An old politician wants to solve a problem through “partisanship,” but the housing issue cannot be solved in this way, it is solved by many solutions, but specific ones. This influence, this specificity in today’s leadership is extremely important. Today’s leaders must have an immediate effect,” – emphasized the mayor of Lisbon.
The mayor also defends intimacy “as distinct from proximity.” “Intimacy is working with people. Intimacy is friendliness, and then we will never have a relationship again. The closeness that I began to create in Lisbon came from the creation of the civic council,” he said, noting that it is close to the citizens and together they find solutions.
“The third pillar of leadership is inspiration. The digital world makes us more emotional. We need to feel like we have someone who inspires us and tells us or tells us that we can go further,” Moedas explained.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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