The PSD leader defended this Thursday that the Prime Minister “is the one who has to get used to having a firm and demanding opposition”, after the head of government warned that the opposition should “get used to” the executive.
I think the prime minister’s need to emphasize so much that he will be in power for four years already speaks volumes. Why shouldn’t I stay four years? He was elected, he obtained an absolute majority, he has government stability, he has all the conditions to carry out his program, that was what he needed the most to want to exempt himself from this responsibility ”, declared Luís Montenegro.
Speaking to Portuguese journalists in Brussels, on the sidelines of a European People’s Party summit preceding the European Council, he stressed that “he is the one who has to get used to [António Costa]He is the one who has to get used to having a firm, demanding, vigilant opposition that does not give him a foot of ground keep breaking various promises and omitting various policiesnamely, transformation and reform in Portugal”.
“That was his responsibility, I don’t know why he had to do this reinforcement, I am really surprised”, added Luís Montenegro, describing the tone of the interview as “justifying and arrogant”, in a “arrogance that does not bode well due to the point of view of these four years of mandate”.
This is an interview with Visão magazine, published this Thursday, in which the head of government tells the opposition parties to “get used to” their absolute majority and four years of the current legislature.
Costa says “never” to Belém, calls IL “squeaky cakes” and uses his own case to justify brothers in the Government
Asked in the interview if he intends to run for the Presidency of the Republic, António Costa refused, emphasizing that “everyone has their vocation, and anyone who likes to be president of the Government and has a vocation for that, will hardly adapt to a role that it is very difficult differently”.
“This matter, forget it! Never never never. And it never is, it never is!
Already questioned about whether he would be interested in a high position in the European institutions, the prime minister defended that he already has that position “by inherence”, as head of government of a Member State of the European Union, which gives him a seat. on the European Council.
“I have a mandate here until October 2026. (…) Right now I have a great mission, which occupies me a lot and leaves me completely fulfilled. In my life, I never thought about what I was going to do next,” he said.
On whether a possible departure in 2024 is “totally ruled out”, Costa replied: “No doctor told me that I had to leave in 2024 and, as I am optimistic, I hope to be in very good health at that time to continue.” ”.
Speaking to journalists in Brussels, Luís Montenegro also reinforced that the extraordinary benefit of 240 euros for the most disadvantaged “was the initial idea of the PSD”, urging the socialist government “to also accept the proposal to reduce the tax burden, the IRS , for the middle class, that is, for the fourth level […]that they are people who have an income slightly higher than this and who have a very high tax burden”.
The President of the Government announced on Wednesday the payment of an extraordinary benefit of 240 euros to one million families that receive minimum benefits or that benefit from the social energy tariff.
Source: Observadora
