The leader of the PSD, Luís Montenegro, defended this Tuesday that the Government took “too far” the exercise of power in the order of the Prime Minister over Endesa, considering that the Executive is “nervous” in the face of inconvenient situations.
To have a prime minister single out a particular company and have the government, through the supervising secretary of state, validate payments to suppliers is taking the exercise of government power too far and confusing absolute majority with absolute power. that the PS intends to exercise in Portugal”, said the social democratic leader, who was speaking with journalists, before visiting the Expofacic fair, in Cantanhede.
In an order signed on Monday and sent this Tuesday to the newsrooms, the President of the Government, António Costa, determined that the State services cannot pay Endesa bills without prior validation from the Secretary of State for the Environment and Energyafter the president of the company admitted increases of 40% in electricity.
For Luís Montenegro, “it is very rare to see a prime minister wanting to intervene in matters that are not within his direct competence”, stressing that it is necessary to clarify the evolution of electricity prices.
According to the president of the PSD, his the party is finalizing a request to the Government and the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE) in that sense.
The members of the government are a little nervous and impulsive to face the most inconvenient or adverse situations. I am not even arguing whether the person at the company in question was correct or not. The Government has clarifications to give. One thing is to give clarifications, another thing is to tell this specific provider, you only pay after seeing the invoice”, he stressed.
Luís Montenegro stressed that the clarifications on the brake mechanism are welcome, considering that it is important that individuals, families and companies have “security about the evolution of prices.”
Now, when you don’t want to clarify, subterfuges are found, alternative schemes are arranged,” he said, considering that the issue turns out to be “a distraction and fun,” without talking about “what matters,” that is, what the government will do. with previously estimated tax revenues caused by inflation.
“Unfortunately, we are facing a government that is somewhat reminiscent of that saying: ‘What starts badly is late or never works out.’ This government is getting off to such a bad start that we in Portugal increasingly have no reason to trust that it will turn out well.”he asserted.
Source: Observadora
