The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said on Friday that the dissolution of the Assembly of the Republic “would be bad news”, but underlined that “sometimes there has to be bad news”. “If you must, let it be as late as possible”he said.
In Braga, at the end of the Millennium Talks initiative, he said it was important not to introduce factors of instability, unpredictability and insecurity, especially at a time when the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) is underway and Portugal 2030 in the starting-up phase.
In this sense, he called on political leaders “on all sides” to “make every effort” to ensure stability in the country.
“We are all grateful. The citizens are thanked and the President of the Republic is grateful, who is freed from a decision that is his and his alone”he claimed.
On the contrary, “it would be bad news – and bad news we usually dismiss – to introduce an additional, complementary political factor, in the middle of this period of fund execution and facing the existing economic and financial situation” , he said.
However, the PR admitted that “sometimes there has to be bad news”.
“Ideally there shouldn’t be. If it should be there, let it be as late as possible, with the least cost in terms of instability. And as close to transition as it could anyway, if that were the will of good Portuguese, performance”he added.
Source: DN
