At the dinner that began the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the PSD, Luís Montenegro accused Pedro Nuno Santos’ PS of “giving a hand” to Chega de André Ventura and the latter of showing himself as the “that’s enough” of the largest opposition party . The Prime Minister also wanted to rehearse a response to the assessment that was recently reserved for him by the President of the Republic, by stating that “it is not really a question of being more urban or more rural”, but rather “a concept of valuing the person throughout its size.”
The “political environment”, Montenegro said on Monday night, “is strange”. For the social democratic leader, it would be important for the parties “that unfold in interviews” to undo “one of the biggest unknowns that must plague the thinking of the Portuguese”.
“How come a party like Chega spent an entire electoral campaign saying that it was absolutely necessary to run with the government’s socialists and now, after the elections, they are a kind of this comes to me do PS?”He asked.
On the other hand, the Prime Minister continued, “the PS cannot be laughing”, after “years of showing fear of Chega”. “In such a way that I didn’t have a second of rest, it was Chega here and Chega going there. But after all, the PS doesn’t mind giving a hand, giving a hug to Chega and nothing happens. Chega is the this comes to me from the PS, the PS gives Chega a lap and nothing happens, that’s right”, he joked.As for Belém, the head of the Executive of the Democratic Alliance maintained that “the greatest compliment that can be given to the PSD and its leader” is an identification with the social democratic roots.
“Even if this raises great debates about the origins, the matrix, the idiosyncrasies of the party, even the leadership, I want to tell you, it’s not really a question of being more urban or more rural”he stressed, in response to Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, capturing laughter among the audience.
Remember that two weeks ago, during a dinner with foreign journalists, the President of the Republic described Luís Montenegro as “a person who comes from a deep, urban-rural, urban country with rural behaviors”. And, in a comparison exercise, he pointed out slowness to António Costa, attributing it to the former prime minister’s eastern origins.
“Honestly, because the matter is serious: It is a concept of valuing the person in all their dimensions, of believing in equal opportunities“, wrote Montenegro. “Yes, that is my and our conception, yes, if you recognize this conception, I want to say that this is the greatest thing that can be done to the PPD, the PSD and their leader”.
“Let’s be more social democrats, let’s be a PSD more PPD”, he cried.
“Spirit of loyalty”
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