PSD president Luís Montenegro said in Malveira on Friday that if the prime minister does not comment on facts established by the parliamentary committee of inquiry into the airline TAP, “he has already given up on Portugal”.
“If the prime minister has nothing to say about this, he has already given up on Portugal, the administration of Portugal,” said Luís Montenegro, speaking of the facts established by TAP’s parliamentary inquiry committee.
The PSD president spoke at a dinner with more than 700 militants, as part of the “Sentir Portugal” initiative, in Malveira (Mafra), Lisbon district.
After speaking about the contradictions between the ministers, Luís Montenegro asked “where is the prime minister” and defended that António Costa “has a duty to show his face and take responsibility”.
Therefore, he again launched the challenge for the prime minister to “speak out”.
“The country needs to know from the head of government whether we can trust the government’s work,” he stressed.
“We expect that the Socialist Party will manage to be diligent enough to fulfill its mandate, but today I am no longer sure,” said Luís Montenegro, justifying that “it is not because of what is in the country happened, but because the only factor of instability in Portugal within the government is the government itself”.
That’s why Montenegro said it was “ready to rule”.
Source: DN
