PS activist Augusto Santos Silva expressed confidence on Tuesday in a “great result” for the PS in the snap elections, given that more and more people “understand the enormous injustice” of this political crisis and that the party is united.
I have “great confidence that the PS will deliver a great performance in this process that is about to begin and will achieve a great result in the elections on March 10″Santos Silva declared in a speech during the PS faction’s Christmas dinner in Lisbon.
The president of parliament also believed that the Socialists are “united, coherent and determined to win the next elections” and said there are “more and more Portuguese men and women” who understand the “huge injustice that this political crisis represents from the point of view of PS’s opinion.”
“It is a political crisis that the PS did not cause, to which the PS did not contribute and which interrupted the work that was done under all conditions of democratic normality”he said, as there are “more and more people” who understand the “huge injustice” and will “respond accordingly in the next elections”.
On the other hand, Santos Silva also expressed his confidence in a good result from PS, emphasizing that the “The Portuguese people know that the only effective voice is safe to counter any chance of the government of Portugal becoming dependent, directly or indirectly, on the far right”is a vote for the socialists.
“Today, the centre-right across Europe is held hostage by these forces. Just think of what is happening in Italy, Sweden and Finland, and in several communities in our neighboring country Spain, and look at what happened in the Azores, and the result: instability, social decline, financial disaster”he said.
Santos Silva also said that the third reason to have confidence in positive performance, and “even more importantly”, is that the PS “works with clear results”, highlighting that school dropout rates have also been reduced by half. as well as unemployment, and a balance in government accounts was achieved.
“In this political cycle, the Portuguese economy systematically converged towards the European average for the first time. This work has now been paused for reasons beyond our control, but this work must resume and continue.”he defended.
For Santos Silva, “Only the PS combines a strong belief in the need for economic growth to combat inequality and affirm equality”.
“This connection between growth and greater equality makes the PS unique in the Portuguese political spectrum and corresponds not only to the needs but also to the wishes of the Portuguese”he emphasized.
In the internal elections for the PS leadership, Augusto Santos Silva supported the candidate and current Minister of the Interior, José Luís Carneiro, who was defeated by Pedro Nuno Santos last weekend.
Source: DN
