Former centrist President Paulo Portas said this Saturday that the CDS-PP has withstood several announced deaths and now has the opportunity to “prove well, by serving competently” that the party is necessary.
The former deputy prime minister of the PSD/CDU government led by Pedro Passos Coelho left this message in a video shown to congressmen at the 31st major meeting of the centrists, which began today and ends on Sunday in Viseu.
Portas began by emphasizing that the congress meets a few weeks after the Portuguese “say they want change and change,” arguing that “without change there is no democracy.”
“We all know that when democracies stop rotating, they become a sham,” he said.
On the other hand, he continued, “by the Portuguese vote within the framework of the Democratic Alliance [coligação que juntou PSD, CDS-PP e PPM] The desire was also expressed that the voice of Christian democracy, open to liberals and conservatives, as has always been the case in this institution, should return to parliament and return to government.”
“This evolution, good and positive, contains a lesson in our modern history. Almost 50 years ago during PREC [Processo Revolucionário Em Curso]The far left thought he was eliminating CDS politically, intellectually and even physically, but they were completely wrong. Two years ago, the other extreme, this time the right, believed that CDS was over. They rushed and made a mistake again,” he said.
Portas stressed that the SDS “is one of the tenacious and persistent parties and therefore the founders of Portuguese democracy, and there will always be voters who will defend it and activists who will defend it.”
“The opportunity given to us now is to prove, through competence in the service, that the party is necessary, that the party promotes competence and is useful to the Portuguese. In an age of extremes, nothing is more necessary than conviction and moderation. In an age of demagoguery, there is nothing more useful than competent service to others,” he warned.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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