In an interview with RTP broadcast tonight, António Costa, as general secretary of the PS, claimed that this is “a topic that is outside the agenda of the life of the Portuguese” and is fueled by the “media bubble and a certain political world” . “. .
“We are not going to create artificial crises here. I understand that there is a right wing here that cannot bear the idea that this parliamentary mandate has been fulfilled and that they are unable to respect the will of the Portuguese. And an artificial climate is here created to try to put on the agenda an issue that is outside the agenda of the life of the Portuguese. My agenda, the agenda of the government, the agenda of the PS is the agenda of the life of the Portuguese,” he said said.
Asked whether he thinks the way is being cleared for early elections, the socialist leader and prime minister replies that early elections were held a year ago, on January 30, and that the Portuguese “voted for stability for four years”. absolute majority for the PS.
“We first have to get used to respecting the will of the citizens. And the will of the citizens was very clear,” he defended.
“What they said was they wanted stability for four years, they wanted a government that could start its work, develop it and be evaluated at the end of its work. That is what we need to do first and foremost,” he added please.
According to António Costa, “there is a huge difference here between what is the debate of what I have called the media bubble and a particular political world and what is the daily life of citizens”.
Turning to the journalist who conducted this interview, Hugo Gilberto, he said: “If you notice, in the polls that have come out, there is something very interesting, which is that the vast majority of people don’t even respond. I’ve seen polls where they have 600 and so on responses, they have to make close to 2,000 contacts because people don’t care.”
“No, I think the Portuguese don’t care. The Portuguese clearly don’t want dissolution. The Portuguese don’t want politicians to create problems. What the Portuguese want is for politicians to solve problems,” he stressed.
Source: DN
