The meeting of the PS Political Committee, scheduled for 9 p.m., at the national headquarters of this party, in Lisbon, will take place at a time when the government’s proposal for the state budget for 2023 is being discussed in the specialty, after being generally approved with the votes of the absolute socialist majority and the abstentions of the only deputies of the Livre and the PAN.
Internally, this meeting of the extended leadership of the socialists takes place a few days after the elections to the political committees of the federations of this party, during which there was continuity with regard to the leadership positions of these structures.
According to the results released by the PS leadership on Sunday, the socialist militants have elected six new federation leaders, in Braga, Braganca, Oeste, Porto, Portalegre and Vila Real, and re-elected the presidents of 13 federations.
But the PS National Political Commission will also take place after a period in which doubts have been raised about compliance with the law on incompatibilities by several members of the executives, and will include the Ministers of Infrastructure, Pedro Nuno Santos, of Health, Manuel Pizarro, of Science reach , Elvira Fortunato, and Territorial Cohesion, Ana Abrunhosa.
And it coincides with a time when the deputy foreign minister’s political performance to the prime minister, Miguel Alves, is being criticized, in a case referencing his previous positions as mayor of Caminha.
Several opposition parties, such as the PSD, believe that Miguel Alves is “not qualified enough” to remain in government, either because he could not clarify why he advanced 300 thousand euros to a businessman for the construction of an exhibition center that is still under construction. was not built, or because it is being accused in lawsuits.
The criticism extended to the PS, with ex-minister Alexandra Leitão deploring the silence and content of the interview Miguel Alves gave to JN and TSF, recalling that in 2016 three secretaries of state left António Costa’s management after being were appointed defendants.
Daniel Adrião, a member of the political committee of the PS and who leads the minority opposing the leadership of the PS, has already expressed his support for this position through Alexandra Leitão.
“My comrade Alexandra Leitão had the courage, a rare quality in politics, but not rare in her, to say aloud what many think and whisper in ear-to-eye conversations, but which they do not have the audacity to say In Coincidentally, Alexandra Leitão articulated a more than elementary inference drawn by an average citizen: Miguel Alves has no preconditions to remain in government on the social networks.
In the interview he gave to JN and TSF, the Deputy Undersecretary of State to the Prime Minister and former Mayor of Caminha, who is under investigation by the prosecution, claimed that he was silent because he had addressed the initial statements to the Attorney General’s Office. . of the Republic (PGR).
Last week, the prime minister was asked whether he maintains political confidence in his secretary of state and replied: “Certainly, otherwise I would not be a member of the government,” he said.
Source: DN
