PAN spokesman, Inês Sousa Real, said on Saturday that early elections will be inevitable if the government continues to “cheat” the confidence of the Portuguese absolute majority in the PS.
For the party leader, the past year has shown that the Socialist government, after securing a vote of confidence from the Portuguese by an absolute majority, “has swindled that vote and failed to take the great opportunity it has to make a difference justified”. and implement the structural reforms the country needs”.
“If we make it to the end of the year and this political situation continues, early elections will probably be inevitable sooner or later,” he said on the sidelines of today’s march for animal rights in Lisbon.
Asked about current national politics, the PAN spokesperson defended that had there not been an election a year ago, “there would clearly be conditions for the dissolution of the government”.
The PAN was reduced to one deputy in the Assembly of the Republic in the most recent parliamentary elections, but the spokesman said she is not afraid to go to elections because she understands that the “conjunction that took place a year ago, in which there was a vote of fear that eventually swung to the PS”.
Inês Sousa Real also commented on Friday’s statements by PSD leader Luís Montenegro, believing that “they are too late” and that the Social Democrat “wasn’t clear enough” when he said he didn’t want representatives who were racist, be xenophobic, opportunist or populist. .
“Montenegro did not say clearly that he was referring to Chega and it is essential that the main opposition party comes out once and for all to say unequivocally that it will not tolerate nor form a coalition with an anti-democratic party, with a party that clearly has its own institutions. disrespect,” he said.
In the interview with CNN Portugal, when asked if he warned Chega that he will not get the support of André Ventura’s party, Montenegro replied: “It is a way of warning the Portuguese to know what they can count on. “
The animal rights march held in Lisbon this Saturday brought together about 300 people, between Campo Pequeno and São Bento, with activists planning to include animal protection in the revision of the Republic’s constitution.
The PAN leader stressed that the claim is viable as two-thirds of the required votes in parliament are secured, but warned that “the constitutional review will take about a year” and that the current animal cruelty law is currently being analysed.
Inês Sousa Real hopes that Portugal will not suffer a setback, because if it is declared unconstitutional, there will no longer be a criminal law criminalizing assault.
“There is a responsibility on the judges of the Constitutional Court, which is to make a current interpretation of our Constitution. It makes no sense that the values enshrined in the Constitution today allow cruelty to animals, mistreatment of an animal cannot constitutional,” he argued.
Source: DN
