The President of the Government of Madeira said on Wednesday that the Prime Minister, António Costa, is interested in dissolving the Assembly of the Republic (AR), but he was convinced that the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, would doing. will not yield.
“At the moment, the situation of government degradation will continue, the situation of political instability will continue. Neither the President is interested in dissolving the Assembly at the moment, because it is a great risk, nor the Prime Minister, who dissolution wild and wild elections, there comes this advantage”stated Miguel Albuquerque (PSD).
The President of the Government of Madeira (PSD/CDS-PP), addressing journalists on the sidelines of a visit to Funchal’s first Employment, Training and Entrepreneurship Fair, commented on the denial of the resignation of the Minister of Infrastructure , João Galamba , on the part of the Prime Minister, and the discord of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
In the perspective of Miguel Albuquerque, the “situation of political instability in the country will continue and now with a peculiarity, namely the fact that there is a minister in office who does not have the confidence of the President of the Republic” .
“On the other hand, to the delight of the commentators, of the ‘media’, I am convinced, the carousel of business and affairs will continue until the conclusion of the Commission of Inquiry on TAP, because there is still much to discover”he claimed.
When asked if, in his opinion, the Assembly of the Republic should be dissolved, Miguel Albuquerque said that “what should happen was that the government should rule” and found “very strange” the “political autophagy of this government, with one year in office”.
“The government currently has an absolute majority, it must govern, it must understand each other. The ministers must understand each other and the prime minister must lead the government”defended.
“The President of the Republic, in my opinion, was surprised by the Prime Minister in a way. The act that the Prime Minister performed tried to pull the strings of the President, but I think the President will not do what the Prime Minister wanted, that was the dissolution of the Assembly of the Republic”strengthens.
In recent days, Infrastructure Minister João Galamba has been embroiled in a controversy with his former deputy Frederico Pinheiro, who was fired a week ago, over information to be provided to the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the political custody of TAP’s management.
The case involved allegations against Frederico Pinheiro for physical assault at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the theft of a laptop computer, after the deputy was fired, and controversy intensified when the Information and Security Service (SIS) intervened in the recovery of that computer .
At around 8:20 p.m. on Tuesday, the Minister of Infrastructure released a statement saying that “in the current framework of perception created in the public mind” he had submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister, “in favor of the necessary institutional calm”.
About half an hour later, António Costa announced that he had declined the request. The official believed that João Galamba is not “personally due to any failure” and said that keeping him as minister is a decision that “makes him fully responsible” as prime minister, probably taken against the opinion of the majority of Portuguese people and especially to the commentators.
In a note published on the Internet on the official website of the Presidency of the Republic, the President of the Republic assumed disagreement with the Prime Minister after António Costa announced that he had not accepted the resignation.
Source: DN
