The SDP this Monday showed solidarity with the fight against the fires and positively noted that the prime minister had gone to the site, but warned that “structural shortcomings” remain.
At the end of the first meeting of the National Political Commission (CPN) of the SDP since Luis Montenegro took office at the 40th Congress, on July 3, the party’s first vice president, MEP Paulo Rangel announced the fires and “health chaos” . ” as two priority topics addressed at the meeting.
“We follow the calls of the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister for all Portuguese to behave in a way that will significantly reduce the risks, but be careful: we cannot simply shift the responsibility to the people. wave, there are shortcomings in forestry policy, in supporting firefighters, in communication policy. There are lessons to be learned better,” said Paulo Rangel.
When asked about the words of the President of the Republic, who believes that there is no comparison between the current preparation and the preparation of 2017, Rangel repeated that “there are a number of unresolved structural issues.”
“This does not mean that firefighters are not better prepared,” he admitted, noting that the shortcomings should be “discussed later” as now “the priority is to provide support in the fight.”
On the other hand, PSD “positively recorded” that António Costa “finally went to the site”, referring to today’s trip of the head of government to some areas most affected by the fires.
“However, the SDP has already taken this issue as a serious fight. It is no coincidence that Luis Montenegro’s first move as president was to move to Pedrogane Grande,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
