It is time, defends Carlos César, president of the PS, for the government to “solve” the problems with salaries frozen in the two years of the covid-19 pandemic.
The former socialist parliamentary leader and current state councilor recalls in an interview with Lusa that in the two years of the pandemic, “all issues related to salary negotiations and many others of special careers were frozen or prevented in one way or another from dealing with freedom to be treated by trade unions and labor that is characteristic of democracies and the country”.
Now, according to Carlos César, a period has come in which the government and the PS owe each other something.”research and take care of these salary issues left over from this hiatus”.
“It’s time to solve these problems on a case-by-case basis. Some are being solved – and sure that the problem of teachers will also get a design in the solutionoh, so that they can have confidence in an uninterrupted process of recovery of what they think they are entitled to,” he defends.
Government until 2026?
Carlos César assures that all political and institutional conditions are met for the government to fulfill its mandate until the end of the legislature, because the “three reasons that led to the election victory of the PS, the absolute majority it has and the constitution of the government, are the same three reasons that exist unscathed today”.
“One, because of his own merits and the results he achieved while previously holding government positions; a second reason, which may be due to the opposition’s lack of capacity to offer a constructive alternative; and a third reason, which was a clear option of the voters to privilege and recognize the essential character of political stability in the institutional aspect,” he argues.
Therefore, he concluded, “there are all conditions for the government to continue its functions and there is, on the part of the other sovereign bodies, intervening in a possible interruption of the ongoing government experience, any manifestation to the contrary.” .
Cases, Justice and Marcelo
Carlos César argues that the government should be judged by results and not by the condition of any of its members, but admits that cases have arisen that could have been avoided. Nothing, however, that would warrant a fundamental change in the government’s trajectory
When asked whether Finance Minister Fernando Medina should leave the government if appointed as an arguido, and whether the PS has a doctrine that anyone accused in a judicial process must resign from political office, Carlos César states that the PS does not have “an application so hermetic to determine it. There are cases and cases. There are cases completely different from those that have recently been made public”.
“The truth is that there are things that are not things (…) those things that are really true will certainly be the subject of a decision by the courts. Until that decision, these things are only reasons for us that require our attention, but which are not decisive for any change,” he says.
Carlos César emphasizes that “people are not guilty until the judge decides to that effect (…) unless there are indications or the practices of which people are accused are particularly sensitive and serious that do not guarantee the continuity of these people in government”.
When asked how he views the President of the Republic’s warning that 2023 is a decisive year, he responds as follows: “The messages we prioritize are those of the Portuguese men and women”.
In retrospect, he notes that “the PS has been given a vote” in the parliamentary elections of January 2022, “moreover, quite identical to that of the re-election of the President of the Republic” in January 2021.
Source: DN
