The president of Chega this Sunday believed that the new Socialist leader is “completely unprepared to become Prime Minister”, accusing him of hypocrisy for not apologizing to the governments to which he belonged and of followers of António Costa.
Pedro Nuno Santos “is a person who is completely unprepared to become Prime Minister”, said André Ventura, reacting to the election of the former minister as Secretary General of the PS, with 62% of the vote, in direct elections between Friday and Saturday. who competed with José Luís Carneiro, who finished in second place with 36%, and Daniel Adrião, who had 1% of the votes.
‘What we heard yesterday [sábado] on the part of Pedro Nuno Santos, in addition to a failed speech, a very failed intervention, an absolute lack of preparation, an attempt to present a kind of shopping list to the Portuguese, in an attempt to conquer all types of voters an absolutely inconsistent and in an absolutely electoral way and without any preparation and effective work,” said the Chega leader, speaking to journalists at the party’s headquarters in Lisbon.
Ventura criticized that “the only concrete idea” presented by the new Socialist Secretary General was that the 2024 state budget approved by António Costa’s executive will be realized.
“It is an absolute support compared to what the government of António Costa has done and what the results have been in terms of health, education, the economy, justice, etc.,” said André Ventura, who was on the sidelines of the government spoke. election of delegates to the Chega Congress, which will take place in January.
On the other hand, the Chega leader emphasized that what he said was Pedro Nuno Santos’ “flanking inability” to “express self-criticism” regarding the two executives he belonged to, both led by Costa.
“It shows enormous hypocrisy, bad faith or obliviousness that the new leader of the Socialist Party can present himself to the country without starting by saying ‘I’m sorry’, without starting by saying ‘I apologize for the disastrous results that the governments he I belonged to the country,” he criticized.
“This is the most hypocritical and inconsistent leader we can have in the Socialist Party. But in that respect he is not much different from António Costa. Where he differs from António Costa is his absolute unpreparedness, his errand speech, his signature speech. of a young partiality which he practiced yesterday [sábado]instead of speaking for the country and demonstrating purpose, ambition and willingness to change,” he further maintained.
About the outgoing Minister of the Interior, an opponent in the race for the leadership of the PS, André Ventura makes a difference: ‘Pedro Nuno Santos has a quality that José Luís Carneiro would not have. He is radically rooted in the left and the worst left,” he said, referring to the “device” between the PS, PCP and Bloco de Esquerda in António Costa’s first director.
“If this is the case, voters who do not want a country that is even further to the left than the one we have, which has burdened the Portuguese with taxes, must give new strength to the right, which can fight this solution,” he said. .
Regarding the parliamentary elections on March 10, he emphasized that Chega’s opponent is the PS, thereby distancing himself from the right-wing debate on coalitions.
“Chega is worth it in itself, it does not need the CDS, nor an alliance, nor any other parties, nor the Liberal Initiative to increase the number of votes. Chega is safe. Apparently the PSD is not secure and needs to move on. Crutches that will last him until March 10. We are very confident in the power we have. We have a lot of strength in all districts and we will stand alone for the elections,” he stated.
Source: DN
