“This government is not on duty here. He’s going to run the Legislature for four and a half years.” Luis Montenegro’s words in his inaugural speech as prime minister on Tuesday at the Palacio da Ajuda made it clear that he wants to see his mandate through to the end and that he hopes to count, as he later said, on the opposition. , in particular the PS, which allows it to carry out the state program.
“Rejection of a government program certainly does not mean a blank check, but it also cannot mean a blank check,” Montenegro said. The new prime minister addressed the PS, challenging its leader Pedro Nuno Santos, who was absent from the ceremony, and who had already announced his intention to vote against the vote of censure called by the PCP and skip the executive program to be discussed. April 11 and 12. However, Pedro Nuno also refused to be a crutch of the government.
In addition to the desire to link the PS with the support of the executive branch, in his speech after the inauguration and in the speech of his 17 ministers, Luis Montenegro made not only a number of promises, some of which were described in detail at the first meeting of the Council of Ministers of the XXIV Constitutional Government. , scheduled for this morning, but also challenged all opposition parties. He wants to start with them “opening dialogue to develop an ambitious, effective and coherent anti-corruption program.”
Emphasizing that the change in the political cycle, which began on March 10 with the victory of AD in the legislature, is a demonstration that “our democracy, which turns 50 this April, is alive,” recalled and quoted Sofia de Mello Breiner Andresen, launching the task, so that “we honor the “dawn” and know how to build a “whole and pure day”, which [Sophia] I caught a glimpse.”
Addressing the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Montenegro assured him on the part of the government of the “immutable pursuit of positive cooperation and institutional cooperation.” From the head of state, who recalled the limited victory of the AD and the problems created by the minority, he also received a promise that “solidarity and support for cooperation” await him.
The Portuguese had the last words, and Montenegro assured, quoting Pope Francis, that the executive branch “will count on everyone, everyone, everyone.” And, using the words of Luis Vaz de Camões, he left the wish that “the government has plenty of time.”
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PS, PCP, BE are absent
PS Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos missed the inauguration of the new government. The Socialist leader did not justify his absence. The PS was represented by Alexandra Leitan. The bloc was also absent, and the PKP justified this by the PKP’s “practice for decades of not participating in the inauguration of governments.”
Responsible Liberals
“Everyone must take their responsibility,” said Rui Rocha. The president of the Liberal Initiative said that “the government must keep its promises.”
Enough with positivity
“Chega is never a blocking force,” Andre Ventura said yesterday, adding that the party would be “very vigilant” and that “it is important that the prime minister now delivers what he has promised.”
