Pedro Nuno Santos reiterated in an interview broadcast on Wednesday by SIC Notícias that he will not make a PSD minority government viable and went out of his way to say he has saved TAP.
“The PS will not make a PSD minority government viable,” he said when asked about the possible configurations of parliament.
‘The PS needs a good result to have a government with political stability’he emphasized, without outlining scenarios of absolute majority or relative majority. “We are going to ask people to vote for us. After the elections we will see what the configuration of parliament can yield. We do not know the balance of forces”, he emphasized, refusing to allow a new version of the device. Set aside is the possibility of a central bloc government: “It is negative for democracy if PS and PSD work together on governance.”
Pedro Nuno Santos is not concerned about the Democratic Alliance and calls the coalition between PSD and CDS-PP “a project from the past, with people from the past and probably with policies from the past”. “One memory we have is that PSD and CDS-PP proposed to cut 50% of the Christmas subsidy”he remembered.
After refusing to debate with José Luís Carneiro, a ‘comrade’ of his, before the PS elections, the Socialist leader showed ‘a lot of desire to have hot debates’ with Luís Montenegro and André Ventura and again proposed a possible alliance between PSD for. and He comes. “Chega is a problem for democracy. The understanding between PSD and Chega is real. They did the same in the Azores”he emphasized.
As for TAP, he says it saved the airline. “TAP was a company with many problems, which had suffered losses under private management. If TAP did not intervene, TAP would close and the employees would lose their jobs. Now it is making a profit,” he emphasized, arguing that “the state is not giving up most of TAP’s capital.” “Make an effort to open up the capital without losing the majority. The PSD’s project for public companies involves privatizing everything. The Portuguese people, through their representatives, decide on the location of the airport.”he emphasized.
Regarding the new airport, he promises to “start from the conclusions of the independent technical committee”, recalling “Alcochete and Vendas Novas are the best rated options” and that he will not go back to “studying what has already been studied”. “If there are conditions to be decided before the elections, we will announce it,” he assured.
Pedro Nuno Santos also revealed that he is no longer a shareholder of his father’s company, to whom he donated the 0.5% he owned, and defends the “transparency so that there is no confusion between private interests and public interests”.
The Socialist leader admits that he, together with José Luís Carneiro, formed a single list for the party’s social bodies. His goal is to continue to “reduce debt,” “make peace with doctors,” and find solutions to housing problems: “Housing is an issue for all of Europe, for governments on the left and right, and we are taking steps with the social housing stock.”
Pedro Nuno Santos also assumed that “Marta Temido would be an excellent candidate for the Lisbon Chamber”.
Source: DN
