It’s no surprise that one of the most anticipated debates ended with a lot of finger-pointing and little clarification for voters. The leader of Chegi called the General Secretary of the PS all sorts of things: “candidate suffering from amnesia”, “incompetent minister” and “Melchoral… neither good nor bad”, these are some of the epithets with which Andre Ventura indulged Pedro Nuno Santos.
On important topics, we started with the justice and corruption resolution in Madeira (all defendants freed), with Ventura stating that “there is a need to increase penalties for corrupt officials, speed up the confiscation and seizure of assets, and reduce resources.” .” To which Pedro Nuno countered that “confiscation and preventive arrest already exist, and we can fight corruption not by increasing penalties,” and recalling that Andre Ventura “has already been convicted of libel and has also filed an appeal.”
In Health magazine, Ventura accuses PS of “wanting to tie doctors to SNS,” mentioning that Chega wants to reinstate PPP in health care.
On the part of Pedro Nuno, there is an admission that the doctors must give the SNS some time and that this time “it will be agreed.” That more needs to be invested in the SNA, rather than redirecting resources to private companies.
In the area of taxation, Ventura decided to remember the hole in public coffers left by TAP by investing 3.2 billion euros, accusing Pedro Nuno of running the company through WhatsApp. The PS Secretary General preferred to remind about the increase in IRS deductions for rent (800 euros). Regarding housing, Ventura stated that PS made its biggest attack on those asked to rebuild cities (local housing).
Finally, Pedro Nuno demanded that Ventura say who gave him “the full guarantee that the right will govern with or without Montenegro?” Ventura didn’t answer, but said, “Believe that the right rules.”
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I WANT FREE SHIPPING
The coordinator of Bloco de Esquerda this Wednesday defended that public transport should be free for young people under 25 years of age. Mariana Mortagua also emphasized the intention to reduce the price of the intercity and intermodal pass to 20 euros, and the price of the national railway pass to 40 euros per month.
Destroyed posters
The PS has opened a criminal case against unknown persons who destroyed and defaced party campaign posters in the Algarve region.
I WANT “SALARY SHOCKS”
The PKP secretary-general on Wednesday said the country needs “wage shocks” rather than “fiscal shocks.” After a meeting at Communist headquarters, Paulo Raimundo lamented that “more than two million people are below the poverty line, 10% of whom are workers,” and insisted on taxing the profits of large companies.