The president of Chega last Friday called on the PSD to focus on building an alternative to the right and believed that the president of the republic should not “raise the fire further” on the return of Pedro Passos Coelho.
“Both the President of the Republic and many PSD leaders have contributed to a climate of ambiguity, namely that the Portuguese do not know if there are elections – or the government completely disintegrates, as apparently is happening – what the future will do.” will be and what alternative do we have to offer”Andre Ventura said.
Speaking to journalists during a visit to the Lisbon Tourism Exchange (BTL), Ventura believed that Chega and PSD should focus on building “an alternative to offer” to the Portuguese in the next parliamentary elections.
“It’s not the alternative some might want, but it’s the alternative that exists” for a right-wing government, he defended.
André Ventura believed that “Chega, the PSD and the President of the Republic have a special responsibility to say that this alternative exists” and believed that “it has not happened”.
Chega’s president asked the president of the republic for “some clarity” on “what he wants, what he sees as possible for an alternative government”.
“And I hope the President of the Republic doesn’t raise the fire anymore, because I think if anyone is interested in an alternative to the right, it’s the President of the Republic himself.”appealed.
Ventura defended that “it was important that the alternative was drawn at this time”, but “unfortunately that is not happening and the PS is the one that benefits”.
Chega’s president pointed out that the president of the republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and PSD leader Luís Montenegro crossed paths at BTL on Wednesday, wondering if it was “just a coincidence”.
André Ventura justified his presence at BTL to “show how important tourism is to the national economy”.
According to the Expresso newspaper, the president of the republic at a dinner on Monday, after listening to a speech by Passos Coelho, thought it was worth recording that day, as the former prime minister had spoken about his political future.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who questioned on Wednesday whether Passos Coelho is a “better alternative” than Luís Montenegro to lead the PSD, reiterated that “those who choose the leader of a party are the party’s militants, the president does not interfere with the life of a partisan”. .
Source: DN
