Live / Last day of voting before the final debate

This is Rui Afonso, from Chega. on fuels saying that the measure introduced by the PS “is not effective”. What Chega is proposing, in this matter, is a subsidy of 20 cents per liter that will be applied to the final price of the fuel.

“This is the measure that Spain adopted and was also advised by the IMF, that fund that the PS knows so well.” Causes

Santos Silva reiterates that he did not listen well to Pedro Pinto’s speech, but that with the “respect” he deserves from the parliamentary leaders who spoke, he gives the floor to Sousa Real.

“He called me a hypocrite for saying he doesn’t listen to me talk about other people’s deaths,” he recalls. And he says that it usually manifests itself in these situations. “I understand that it is difficult to defend an activity that is absolutely anachronistic and when there are few arguments, it begins with personal offense.” Interrupted by deputies from Chega, Sousa Real continues: “It is not the first time and surely it will not be the only time that the controversy between the companies and my husband has been delusional. I did not do anything wrong. I suggest that he look more into the bench of him and the controversies they were so often accused of, and he has never seen me use that argument.”

Pedro Pinto speaks again saying that a “dictionary” is needed to know what “can or cannot be said in the Assembly of the Republic”, provoking protests in the stands and some shouts: “It’s common sense!”. “Freedom is for both the left and the right. I know it’s hard for you, but we are the third political force. You have to get used to it.” “Neither shame nor hypocrisy are words that offend anyone,” he insists, two words that Chega uses a lot in Parliament.

“You want to impose the dictatorship of taste on others, forget it”, he still shoots about bullfighting.

Pedro Pinto, from Chega, begins to defend Chega’s avocado proposals saying that the party supports bullfighting and hunting “without fear”. “Release the ties to the extremism of the PAN and vote in favor” of lowering VAT on bullfights, he asks, addressing several PS deputies (Maria da Luz Rosinha, Pedro do Carmo).

“If having respect and sensitivity for animals is extremist, we are happy to be extremists,” says Inês Sousa Real, from PAN, ironically. And she says that VAT should be lowered, but for voluntary medical services, not for those who “violently and rudely mistreat animals.” She recalls that this week a young man died in a bull run and says that the State has the responsibility to keep young people away from bullfights.

“You have the values ​​of the Estado Novo, it’s normal, but the values ​​of the 21st century are not the same,” he shoots.

Pedro Pinto says that Sousa Real is reminiscent of the “dolphins”: “Come out of the water, come here, do a somersault and come back into the water”. And he directly calls the deputy a “hypocrite”: “When a police officer dies outside the disco or a soccer fan, I never hear her talk about it! It’s over, she’s a hypocrite “. The deputies continue to ask for the floor and Santos Silva says that it is proof that democracy is “dialogical”.

Sousa Real asks for the defense of honor, but the floor will only be given to him at the end of the work.

“I understand that sometimes there are interventions that it is better not to listen to, the brain wants to turn off, I understand. But you can’t use a personal insult”, intervenes Pedro Filipe Soares, addressing Santos Silva directly to suggest that he listen to Pedro Pinto’s words again. And the parliamentary leader of the PS, Eurico Brilhante Dias, says that he “supports” this intervention and that Sousa Real “was in fact insulted.”

Santos Silva now says that he did not realize the insult, that it will be a problem either of hearing or of the deputy’s diction —provoking laughter in the stands—.

The PSD carries out a succession of interventions, always keeping in mind the proposals to update the income tax brackets according to the inflation rate —“if not, it is a cut”— and tax benefits for young people who want to buy their first home, “save a lot thousands of euros in a tax that is still the stupidest in the world [IMT]”.

The Secretary of State for Housing, Marina Gonçalves, promotes previous votes of the PSD, such as the vote against the Basic Housing Law. “Your concern is never present when it comes to voting and presenting proposals for everyone.” And she mocks again the argument that the Government had already given yesterday: “Talk to your mayors! Get these proposals ready!” This is because the income from the IMT reverts to the municipalities.

In the PSD, Márcia Passos talks about the rules that the bench invoked to vote in plenary, starting with the lease where she says that the “government has some disorientation.”

“The government is. trying to suspend a term that only ends in 2027 ”, accuses the Social Democratic deputy. He says that the PS does not want to hand out houses, support rental subsidies or solve housing problems in Portugal.

Nuno Carvalho, from the same bank, talks about free nursery. “In practical terms, it meant that the majority would agree to this measure,” but that is not the case, he says, challenging the PS bench to approve the PSD’s amendment on this matter.

Alexandre Simões, also from the PSD, who accuses the Government of diverting attention from the “brutal increase in the IRS” brought about by this EO due to the enormous purchasing power of families expected for this year. By not updating the ranks, the Government will penalize families, says the PSD deputy.

The first two interventions of the day are from the PS, with Pedro Anastácio highlighting the support measures for companies and, with the continuation of the lines of credit created in the pandemic. The government action says the country “had the highest economic growth in the EU” in the first quarter of this year.

He is followed by Iván Gonçalves, a socialist deputy who begins by attacking the Liberal Initiative and lists the government’s measures to “support families”. “Let there be no doubt that this OS, despite its limitations, protects families and helps reduce inequalities.”

Rui Tavares, sole deputy for Livre, yesterday got the socialist majority to approve his star proposal, which consists of energy efficiency programs and incentives to improve the thermal comfort of residential and service buildings in Portugal, in the field of PRR [Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência]they were renamed “3C – Home, Comfort and Climate”.

The 3C de Livre Program advances. Incentives to improve thermal comfort and energy efficiency

The 3C de Livre Program advances. Incentives to improve thermal comfort and energy efficiency

An example of the new times is that only on the third day of voting in the specialty, the PCP, which for six years was the preferred partner of the PS government, managed to approve its first reform to date, according to reports. in this article:

On the third day, PCP was able to see an approved proposal. PAN wins in numbers, Free in flags

Yesterday morning’s debate, when the plenary voted again on some specific proposals chosen by the parties, revealed the mischief between the former government partners, PCP and BE, and the new one, Rui Tavares.

Day 3. The new PS couple and the jokes on the left

Yesterday morning’s debate, when the plenary voted again on some specific proposals chosen by the parties, revealed the mischief between the former government partners, PCP and BE, and the new one, Rui Tavares.

Day 3. The new PS couple and the jokes on the left

Good day,

The last day of debate and voting on the State Budget for 2022 now begins in Parliament. It is the last opportunity for the parties to approve, before an unreceptive socialist majority, changes to the Government’s proposal.

The Observer will be in Parliament to monitor this day, stay with us.