The PS coordinator in the parliamentary Budget and Finance commission justifies the change in position on the increase in the Single Circulation Tax (IUC) with the “change in political context.” Miguel Cabrita says that the PS “is not autistic” and that from the beginning “echoes of the concern that was emerging in society” were arriving.
For the socialist deputy and former Secretary of State for Employment, these State Budgets can serve any of the future leaders of the PS and he even remembers the “tradition” of not presenting amending budgets, which “must be preserved.” Regarding the invitation to Mário Centeno, without mentioning his name, he recognizes that he is a figure “far above any connection with the PS, he is not even a party member, he is someone with international credibility.”
Without yet publicly ruling on António Costa’s successor, Miguel Cabrita criticizes the choice of early elections, stating that “weighing the pros and cons of the different decisions, I believe that for the country and for the Portuguese, the idea of stability is a idea that must be preserved.” The socialist deputy adds that “it would have been preferable if things had happened differently in terms of the way in which they were presented to public opinion” regarding the operation involving the President of the Government.
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Source: Observadora
