The proposal of the national budget for 2023 was approved this Friday without surprises. Approval was guaranteed thanks to the absolute socialist majority.
Only the PS voted in favour. The sole delegates of PAN and Livre (Inês Sousa Real and Rui Tavares, respectively) abstained. The other armed forces (PSD, Chega, IL, PCP and BE) voted against.
After four days of appreciation of a record number of proposals in the specialty, the process of the State Budget for 2023 (OE2023) ended with the final global vote.
The budget process started on 10 October with the submission by the government of its proposal, which was approved in the general vote with only votes for the PS and abstentions from the only PAN and Livre deputies, who earned the PS’ vote against. other parties.
This year, the parties broke the record for tabled amendments and more than 1,800 votes have been cast since Monday, with the vast majority of opposition proposed measures ultimately rejected by the PS.
The ‘champions’ against the feasible measures were Livre and PAN – together they accounted for about fifty -, the only ones who negotiated with the government.
PSD, IL, PCP and BE were given the green light for fewer than 20 amendments in total, leaving Chega alone with zeros.
At the same time as the budget was approved, a meeting convened by the CGTP against the rise in the cost of living was held in the Assembly of the Republic.
In the action under the motto: “More wages! Better pensions! | Against the rise in the cost of living and the attack on rights | Invest in public services”, the trade union federation warned of the need to respond to the problems of workers and the country, in the struggle to raise wages and pensions to restore and improve purchasing power.
Source: DN
