Paulo Raimundo advocates a great cleanup in Portugal, but without populism

This Saturday, the secretary general of the PCP said that Portugal needs a serious cleansing of corruption and promiscuity between political and economic power, but this cannot be done with the dust of populism.

“Portugal needs a serious cleaning up and “pulling the fox out of the henhouse”, this fox who, while pretending to protect the people and fight corruption, is nothing more than a muscular tool in the service of those who consider themselves the masters of it all (.. .) Does Portugal need a big cleanup? Yes. But this cleansing cannot be carried out with the dust of populism, lies, deception and illusions,” said Paulo Raimundo during a speech that lasted about half an hour.

Raimundo was indirectly referring to the “slogan” that Chega used at his last congress, held in Viana do Castelo: “cleanse Portugal”.

The Communist leader, speaking at a lunch in Viana do Castelo with activists representing CDU candidates in early legislative elections on March 10, said this could not be “a false purge that sweeps the dirt of corruption under the carpet.” not to put an end to it, but simply to hide it from those who call themselves anti-system, but who are the dirtiest work of the system so far.”

“One of those who can deceive many people and who call themselves divine messengers. They are actually messengers, but not divine, they are messengers of the Champalimaud family and others, guaranteeing the interests of economic groups and the rules of economic groups. Those who speak against everything and against everyone, but, curiously, they are always on the side of those who are responsible for the situation in which we find ourselves,” he said.

According to Paulo Raimundo, a vote for the CDU is a vote “against corruption and its main source, which is the looseness between political power and economic power.”

“This is the main problem. This is where the dealings and nepotism are. This is what needs to be attacked and attacked once and for all. Take care of the interests of those who consider themselves the masters of all this,” he said. , in front of about 200 militants.

According to the PKP secretary general, there is a “deep sense of injustice” in the country and the early legislative elections on March 10 are “an opportunity that cannot be missed to impose an urgent and possible new direction.”

“Every vote for the SDP, every vote for the SDS, every vote for Chega, for the Liberal Initiative is a vote for moving backwards. This vote is in vain. This is a vote for the record breakers, for pension cuts, for Christmas subsidies, for wages. A vote for the yellow shirts for the most brutal tax rise in our country. They may all come now with a thousand songs, but they will not get rid of the truth. PSD and CDS and , all parties were then and today, to a large extent, these are the faces of Chegi and the Liberal Initiative, all of them paved the way for disaster for the country and laid the path for disaster for the lives of each of us,” he noted.

Paulo Raimundo acknowledged that there are differences between the different parties running in the next legislative elections, but criticized the “similar options” they are all adopting.

“The main problem we face is not their differences, but rather what they are like in their fundamental capabilities and whenever it is necessary to choose between labor and capital, whenever it is necessary to choose between the interests of economic groups or the interests and rights of the people, whenever one has to choose between national interests and the subordination of the country, all of them, with all their differences, always choose to serve the interests of this huge minority against their will, against their rights and “against the interests. The vast majority workers and people are the biggest problem we face,” he said.