The second parliamentary days of the Chega year have a very specific objective: to debate the constitutional review process that the party will deliver to the Assembly of the Republic and that it intends to reform a Constitution that André Ventura says is “sold out as a model” and that it needs to be replaced by “another modern, open and innovative”, adapted to the present.
In a half-hour speech addressed to the deputies and guests of Chega, the president of Chega enumerated some of the priorities for changes, where he raised some of the most important barriers since the founding of the party and where he left room for issues little explored until now. now. .
There are issues on which the party does not give up (and on which it will insist), such as the life imprisonment, changes in the judicial system with a stronger hand for certain crimes, but also the fight against corruption. All these issues have already reached Parliament through Chega through various proposals since Ventura became the sole deputy, but none of them had the support of the rest of the benches.
The lack of support from other right-wing parties is not a disincentive for Chega, with Ventura taking the opportunity to launch himself against the PSD of the recent past and accusing former leader Rui Rio of inability to present a constitutional revision project. After the arrival of Chega’s proposal, he underlines, “the other parties had 30 days to challenge or present changes” and “all, without exception, in a cowardly way, decided not to do so.” However, he recalls, “the PSD said it would not participate because after the summer (2021) a constitutional review project would be presented.”
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Source: Observadora
