The general secretary of the PS, Pedro Nuno Santos, considered this Saturday, in a speech in Almada, that the “no is no” of the PSD leader, Luís Montenegro, in relation to Chega “does not exist” for the social-democratic parliamentary leader , Hugo Soares.
“In the opposition we have already done more than they did in the Government”, said Pedro Nuno, highlighting that parties have the “right to present proposals and fight for them to be approved” — and that is precisely what his party is doing, giving as an example, the end of toll payments, generally made possible in parliament on Thursday.
The secretary general said that the PS will not allow itself to be annulled or imprisoned, indicated that the socialists will present “many more” initiatives in parliament and once again rejected “alliances with the extreme right”.
“Now, we don’t stop presenting the proposals we believe in because there are other parties that will vote in favor of them, that’s what was missing”, he highlighted.
The PS leader was speaking at the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Socialist Youth (JS), which took place in the municipality of Almada (district of Setúbal).
Indicating that, in the last legislature, the PSD voted alongside Chega “300 or so times” and that “just yesterday [sexta-feira] the parliamentary leader of the PSD came to admit that he negotiated with Chega”, Pedro Nuno Santos highlighted that “the one who is negotiating with Chega is the PSD”. “In fact, the story of ‘no is no’ does not exist, at least for Hugo Soares, because he went to negotiate”, defended the opposition leader
Let us remember that this was the week in which the PSD and CDS proposal for the gradual reduction of tolls on the ex-Scut was rejected, and approved, instead, the PS proposal that will bring an end to them — and which Chega made possible. Hugo Soares explained, in “Expresso da Meia Noite”, what happened to cause a rupture on the right. “The Socialist Party wanted to abolish tolls. My value judgment is that this is political hypocrisy. I had a different position, which was to significantly reduce tolls. And I went looking for understanding. I spoke to Chega. And Chega agreed to submit a Draft Resolution, agreed with me, to bring the positions closer together. This understanding lasted five or six hours. Because the opinion changed again”, lamented the parliamentary leader.
Pedro Nuno Santos also spoke about the issue of housing and admitted that the last PS governments were unable to respond to this problem, which he classified as “serious, serious and transversal to the whole of Europe”.
The PS secretary general defended a commitment to expanding the public housing stock, arguing that “this is the answer