The coordinator of the Bloc de Esquerda (BE), Mariana Mortagua, defended this Sunday that parties need to make commitments and that after the legislative elections, what matters is what kind of majority and what measures are on the table.
“It is for the sake of these measures that commitments must be made, and the day after the elections the important thing is: what is the majority? What measures?” the BE leader emphasized today during a visit to Barco, in the municipality. Covilha, on the sidelines of a conversation with local residents who dispute the exploitation of minerals in the Argemela mountain range.
Mariana Mortagua said it was necessary to “break with the policies of the absolute majority” and recalled that on the 20th the election program of the British Empire would be presented with “measures to turn the page” to “do what has never been done in healthcare, education, housing, wages, obligations to the population.”
“It is for the sake of these specific measures that it is necessary to achieve a majority in the Assembly of the Republic, and that is why elections are needed,” emphasized Mariana Mortagua.
The BE co-ordinator, who admitted on Friday that they had been “negotiating a majority agreement on a left-wing government agenda” since the March legislative elections, reiterated that it was important for parties to be clear before the election what kind of majority they were defending. what are your priorities and “what are the main points of rapprochement and mutual understanding.”
“Nobody wants an absolute majority in Portugal, especially because it has exacerbated the problems in the lives of many people, and knowing this, after the elections it is this majority that is important. Elections determine deputies, deputies determine the majority, and the majority determines policy.” “, Mariana Mortagua said today.
According to the leader of the bloc, “ordinary problems cannot be solved with ordinary solutions,” and therefore it is necessary to “do everything differently.”
Although Mariana Mortagua criticized Social Democratic Party Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos for not “breaking with the politics” of the absolute majority in the closing speech of the party congress, Mariana Mortagua stressed that more important than talking about the past, “we need to change the future” .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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