The PS was of the opinion on Tuesday that the PSD’s decision to vote against the Budget proposal generally shows that it is not in harmony with the country and that it is limiting itself to a party of no.
This position was conveyed to the Lusa agency by Porfírio Silva, member of the National Secretariat of the PS and vice-president of the Socialist Bank, shortly after the president of the PSD, Luís Montenegro, announced that the Social Democrats were against government proposal will be voted on. the state budget for 2024.
At the end of the PSD parliamentary days, in the Assembly of the Republic, Luís Montenegro informed his deputies that the party’s Permanent Commission, held on Monday, had decided to pass the vote against the leadership to the bank.
Porfírio Silva argued that “it is not surprising that the president of the PSD now announces that his party will vote against the budget proposal and that he announces this even before the start of the general debate”, scheduled for the next 30th and 31st. .
“The PSD has always voted against, which means that the PSD is not in line with the country. It is not consistent with what the country has achieved in recent years, nor with the country’s determination to keep moving.” forward”the socialist leader insisted.
From Porfírio Silva’s perspective, the 2024 government budget proposal “increases salaries in the public sector, is associated with an agreement on income and competitiveness in the medium term that increases salaries in the private sector, increases pensions, reduces taxes on work, strengthening investments in the national sector” Healthcare and public schools while maintaining healthy public finances, allowing the Portuguese economy to withstand the turmoil currently surrounding the country.”
“The position announced by Luís Montenegro regarding the 2024 budget proposal shows that the PSD has been in opposition for eight years and has not yet managed to prepare itself to be anything more than the party of no,” added he added.
Source: DN
