The PCP’s secretary-general defended this Monday that the government’s problem “is not a problem of names”, but of policies, as the prime minister must talk about solutions for Portugal and “shouldn’t waste time” with side issues for the people .
“We can be pushed to this or that problem, to this or that media output, but what determines people’s lives is exactly what people here demand,” that is, “more wages and better working conditions,” said Paulo Raimundo against journalists during the Labor Day demonstration in Lisbon.
When asked if João Galamba is able to continue as infrastructure minister after the recent controversy over his deputy’s resignation, the communist leader began by saying that “the main problem” is precisely low wages and living conditions.
“The problem is not names, this or that, the problem is policies and that is what needs to change and soon and there is a huge demonstration of strength, determination here and it is also this strength that will change the political course of the country .” “, defended.
About the silence of the Prime Minister, António Costa, and the statements of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Paulo Raimundo said: “I am making a comment to António Costa. I am not saying anything”.
“We referred to that on Saturday. Sooner or later you’re going to have to say something, but in light of what we’re seeing here, in light of this determination, in light of these just demands, what was needed is that you were the first to minister talks about solutions for the country and not exactly wasting time on lateral issues, which are important, but lateral in people’s lives,” he said.
Defending that the “general wage increase is a national emergency”, the PCP secretary general stressed that people “are not asking for anything too much, they are asking for respect and dignity”.
“The government, of course, has not done this work. The government has created all the conditions for the injustice to persist and deepen,” he criticized and defended that “May is alive and strong” and that “the claim of these people” participating in the May 1 demonstration is fair.
The president of the republic explained today that “very sensitive state affairs are handled discreetly” and that it is therefore not for him to say when he will speak with the prime minister on the matter of the deputy infrastructure minister’s resignation.
On Saturday, in Ovibeja, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa refused to comment on the whole matter of the dismissal of Frederico Pinheiro, assistant to the Minister of Infrastructure, João Galamba. would be the case with the prime minister.
On the same day, the Minister of Infrastructure stated at a press conference that he was able to remain in government and that he had reported to the Deputy Secretary of State to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice about the theft of the computer by the acquitted deputy sheriff , after being told what to report to the SIS and the PJ.
Source: DN
