The Assembly of the Republic debates and votes this Wednesday on a vote of no confidence in the government presented by Chega, which fails from the outset, given the absolute majority of the PS, with the supporter isolated in voting for.
The no-confidence vote was announced on Friday by Chega President Andre Ventura, justifying with a set of situations going through “absolute health chaos” the government’s options in the face of higher fuel prices, culminating in “acting politically more seriously” with Infrastructure Minister Pedro Nuno Santos.
In a vote of no confidence entitled “to end the constant erosion of trust in the government and the chronic impoverishment of the Portuguese”, the party accuses the government of “lack of strategy”.
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Updated July 6, 2022 | 17:09
Another round of clarifications follows.
This is followed by a second round of clarifications.
PS’s Maria Antonia de Almeida Santos says the government has strategies in place, including for obstetric cases.
On the PCP’s side, Alma Rivera blames the government for boosting profits.
António Costa intervenes again
The prime minister stepped in again to acknowledge that “better organization and better management are needed to motivate healthcare workers”, saying that the budget for the National Health Service has increased by 40% and professionals by 20%.
“The deputy speaks, speaks, speaks, but does not even make a small proposal,” Costa accuses.
As for airports, the head of government justifies the chaos prevailing in Portuguese airports by “a chain effect (…) in Europe.
Regarding inflation, Costa responds to Ventura: “If you want to ride the inflationary wave, the bad news for the Portuguese, unfortunately, is that we will continue to have inflation.”
BE: “You see a sense of mismanagement”
Pedro Filipe Soares of Bloco de Esquerda argues that “you see a sense of mismanagement”, referring to the public sector.
“And this is the stability you promise people?” he asks.
No confidence vote offers no solution to workers’ problems, defends PCP
PKP parliamentary leader Paula Santos argues that the vote of no confidence presented does not bring a solution to “the problems that affect workers.”
Cotrim de Figueiredo throws Costa: “You have to have a hand in your government, but you don’t”
Next comes João Cotrim de Figueiredo of the Liberal Initiative, who lists the “list of convictions” highlighted by the party.
Cotrim de Figueiredo attacks Costa and says that the prime minister “should have a hand in his government, and he doesn’t.”
“Shame”: Andre Ventura on Silence PSD
Ventura intervened again, deeming it a “shame” that the PSD remained silent during the debate.
The Chega leader throws in some data on inflation and the consequences of the rise in the cost of living for the Portuguese.
Eurico Brillante Diaz says now
Eurico Brilante Diaz from PS is speaking now.
“It is because of this and these circumstances that the Portuguese put their trust in PS and Prime Minister António Costa and gave him an absolute majority,” the MP begins.
Eurico Brillante Díaz recalls the previous PSD/CDS government saying it was a government that “deserved a vote of no confidence because the priority of the right, when it was a government, was to cut, cut, cut”.
“You can’t bring a vote of no confidence and not want to hear it…” he shoots after criticism from Chega’s bench.
António Costa: “Enough talk, but nothing is decided”
Prime Minister António Costa is now in charge of Ventura.
The Prime Minister begins by saying that there is “nothing accidental” in politics, and points out that Chega’s vote of no confidence was presented “on the day the PDP/PSD Congress starts and is scheduled for the day the PKP request is expected.” .
“In other words, this no-confidence vote, rather than an appeal to the government, is an opportunity to compete with other opposition parties,” he defended.
For António Costa, the no-confidence vote is mainly addressed to “parts of the opposition”, which is an indirect allusion to the new leadership of the PSD.
“Enough ranting a lot, but it doesn’t solve anything. This is the essential difference between us, the Iberian mechanism.
Costa recalls that “the last 2 years have been a challenge to the sustainability of the National Health Service” and reports that we currently have over 24,674 healthcare workers, a 20% increase.
“We do not deny the difficulties and challenges that we have to face,” he admits.
Before ending his speech, the prime minister also stated that “in political life it is enough to make noise, make a lot of noise, have a stage, have media space”, stressing that the party “cannot achieve a responsible government oriented towards its mission”.
“The ministers did not know how to adequately respond to a worthy people”
“Ministers did not know how to adequately respond to a worthy people,” Andre Ventura said this Wednesday about a vote of no confidence in the government presented by Chega.
“The ministers sitting here did not know how to adequately answer the people to the worthy people. The prime minister has taken refuge abroad, not to mention the chaos in health care. When babies died in hospitals, the government took cover,” says the prime minister. the party leader, believing that “the punishment of the good, who lack the courage to enter politics, should be administered by the bad,” says Ventura, who justifies the proposal presented by his party, “disorganization and disorientation” of the executive branch.
“The prime minister knows that he has a task ahead of him that he can no longer complete, the proof of this is the disorganization and general disorientation of the government. The chaos in healthcare, fuel, the airport, and a minister that is no more is the ultimate proof that we need this government to no longer be here to carry out its functions,” he said.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
