Duarte Marques, former PSD deputy, believes that “PS will distinguish itself from Chega” in the vote on the State Budget (OE). “This is what will make the difference between the parties that helped build Portuguese democracy and that have a special responsibility in governing the country, for better or worse,” he says.
In an interview with the Direto ao Assunto program on Rádio Observador, the social democrat was convinced that Pedro Nuno Santos and the PS “will be up to the task of the current political moment” and that they will know “honor the party’s past and its founders.” He thus remembers the “similar moments” in which the PSD made socialist budgets viable, using the government of António Guterres as an example.
“We live in an economic and political phase in Europe and the world that does not allow any type of political hesitation or crisis. We know that every time there are elections the country paralyzes. “We are in a phase of economic recovery and taking advantage of the PRR that does not allow us to waste time or set aside priorities,” he stated, pointing out that the country’s current interests “do not distinguish the big parties of the Portuguese political center that much.”
Duarte Marques: “I hope it is possible to distinguish the PS from the Chega”
About an expected Non-aggression pact against the PS at the PSD congressTaking into account the date announced by the socialists to propose a vote in the OE next Monday, Duarte Marques understands that the social democrats must take into account the current “conditions.” “The party is coming from a weekend of a lot of internal politics and it is natural that the bases do not want the PS to make the budget of the PSD, its biggest opponent, viable now,” he admits, maintaining the hope of “calming down.” of the future position of the socialists.
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The social democrat recalls that there is still “practically a month and a half until the final vote on the Budget”, pointing out that any change that occurs in the specialty could still “deeply distort the OE.”
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Until the final vote, according to the former parliamentarian, “it is I need a lot of cold blood and a lot of patience”, ensuring that it is in this endurance race where “the true leaders are known.” Addressing Pedro Nuno Santos, he says that “the leadership of a party is not seen when a leader pursues everyone’s opinion, but when, at the right moment, he makes the most difficult decisions,” he guarantees, considering that “fundamentally the Portuguese do not “They want elections.”
Source: Observadora
