The debate was about the reception of refugees in Setúbal but quickly turned to the life of the “new” PSD. With the Social Democrats contributing to the Lead of the creation of an Investigation Commission, André Ventura recalled that the idea is defended by the elected president, Luís Montenegro, but the deputy and member of the Rui Rio national table recalled that “until you see, we are the ones who speak for the PSD, those who are here”.
The idea arose during the campaign for the direct elections of the PSD, through the mouth of Luís Montenegro, but it was Chega who this Wednesday brought the idea to debate in the Assembly of the Republic. With the PSD announcing that it is going to refrainthus supporting the PS in rejecting the commission of inquiry, André Ventura singled out the Social Democrats.
The president of Chega cataloged it as “very curiousthat the idea was not one of the party’s own, but “of the new social democratic president”, lamenting that “positions are changed at every moment”.
Also during the PSD’s internal campaign, Luís Montenegro challenged the parliamentary opposition “in order to evaluate the possibility of setting up a parliamentary commission to investigate this case.” At that time, in the face of the then-candidate’s statements, Rui Rio declined to comment, without concealing discomfort. The PSD parliamentary caucus, chosen by Rio, did not follow the challenge of the elected leader.
Returning to André Ventura, the leader of Chega understands that António Costa should have already paid clarification in the Assembly of the Republic, about the information it has and that its presence in the commission is necessary “so that the Government explains what it knew and what it did not tell this House [ao Parlamento]”.
The PSD understands that a commission at this time is “opportunist“, but it does not rule out, for now, the presentation of its own proposal in the future, so clarifications by the President of the Government are still lacking.
The Bloco de Esquerda also criticized Chega’s initiative, with Pedro Filipe Soares saying that “it does not feed real expectations on the results of this investigation commission”, while acknowledging that “the Government still owes answers to the country”.
The PCP said that he understood that there were questions to be answered and challenged the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Ana Catarina Mendes, to respond to the accusations with the mayor of Setúbal. It is recalled that the Sadean autarchy accused the socialist of having done “false claims” in Parliament and demanding that it retract.
The Socialist Executive defends itself with the different queries in progress. The Secretary of State for Equality and Migration, Isabel Rodrigues, considers that “the steps taken by the Public Ministry on May 10” make holding an investigation commission redundant.
The Liberal Initiative does not accept this argument and criticizes the role of the PS caucus, accusing the Socialists of having “blocked Parliament’s oversight role“. For the liberals, this gesture only “increases the record of criminal responsibility” of the socialists.
Source: Observadora
