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The Secretary General of the Socialist Party (PS), Pedro Nuno Santos
PS leader also asks the government houses for the middle class and, among the noise in Parliament, recalls Augusto Santos Silva.
The PS leader defended on Monday that it takes review the way the works no parliament And he asked a “firm role” from the President of the Assembly of the Republic, recalling the presidency of Augusto Santos Silva.
“The truth is that part of the order in the Assembly of the Republic is the responsibility of the President of the Assembly of the Republic and the President of the previous Assembly, Augusto Santos Silva, was even criticized By the way I managed the work and honestly I think the way in many moments have been managed has to be reviewed, ”he said.
Pedro Nuno Santos responded to journalists about those of the President of the Assembly of the Republic regarding those last week in Parliament involving PS Ana Sofia Antunes’ invisual deputy. José Pedro Aguiar-Branco condemned the insults of the arrival, but referred to the parties any changes to the code conduct of the deputies.
According to the PS leader, “It is not admissible” The situation that exists at this time in Parliament “as it would not be admissible in any workplace.”
“I think it is important that the President of the Assembly of the Republic has a firm paper In defense of the Assembly of the Republic and this is responsible for the President of the Assembly of the Republic, ”he said.
Reiterating that in Parliament they are working and people “have to respect each other”, Pedro Nuno Santos argued that “This respect must be managed and promoted and promoted by the President of the Assembly of the Republic”.
The pediatric and what is not normal
Pedro Nuno Santos refused this Monday to give “to the bread” of the arrival, which threatened with a motion of censorship to the government, considering that it is solely objective to “divert attention from their internal problems.”
On the sidelines of a visit to a housing set in Almada, whose first stone had launched as a dwelling minister in 2019, Pedro Nuno Santos was asked about the announcement made the day before by the arrival leader who will advance with one if the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, not these explanations in 24 hours as to the company of buying and selling real estate that is owned by women and children.
“I don’t give the pediator of far-right party initiatives whose sole purpose is to divert attention from their internal problems. Now this does not mean that we do not continue to wait for the explanations, ”he criticized.
The PS leader began to mention that, on Saturday, he himself had already asked for explanations and was even convinced that “There are good explanations for all cases ”.
“That is why it is important that they are given because, without explanations, criticism and suspicions are unnecessarily. A prime minister, like any politician, has an obligation to provide clarification when there is doubts. These clarifications must be given, ”he insisted.
Given the insistence of journalists regarding a possible sense of vote, if it arrives effectively advances with the motion of censorship, Pedro Nuno Santos, who said he understood that the questions have to be asked, reiterated that he will not “give to the initiative peditory from the arrival ”.
“The arrival has as its sole purpose, and anyone can see, divert the attention of their internal problems. I will not contribute to the debate about the initiative of the arrival, ”he insisted.
The PS leader also criticized the fact that Luís Montenegro did not give reports to journalists since January 20, with the exception of February 3, when he did not speak “about national problems” and only the presidential candidacy he supports.
“I don’t think it’s normal for a prime minister for almost a month without putting herself to journalists and answer questions. The Prime Minister made a remodeling. Any prime minister gives explanations about the remodeling he does, ”he ordered.
Interestingly, almost at the same time, the Prime Minister was talking to journalists in the Antas Church about the death of Pinto da Costa.
Middle class houses
The PS leader argued that the state has to assume the responsibility of building housing for the middle class, arguing that the lack of houses not only affects needy families.
“The problem of housing in Portugal, unfortunately, today is not a problem only of needy families, the Housing problem is a middle class problemof the children of the middle class, and that is why not only do we have to promote private and cooperative construction, but the State has to assume its responsibility to build for the middle classas happens in many European countries, ”he said.
The purpose of this visit to this complex, promoted by the Institute of Housing and Urban Rehabilitation (IHRU) and intended for affordable lease, is to “signal one of the examples of the work” that it is necessary to “multiply in the country”, explained the Secretary-General Socialist .
“The government, with regard to public construction, is only concentrated in the construction of housing for the needy populationthere is no discourse at this time or a commitment to construction for the middle class, and for us it is essential that the public housing policy responds to the difficulties of the middle class, ”he said.
Pedro Nuno Santos said that international and national politicians talk about the need to increase defense expense, but “housing is one of the biggest problems” and it is necessary to “increase national, public spending as well, with housing”.
According to the socialist leader, it will only be possible to “have the support of the population and the middle class for public construction programs if they are not excluded from this public construction program”.
“ private sector can build morebuild more for the middle class, which is where we have difficulties, but the state also has to scale its construction, not only for the most needy families, but for the intermediate income populations, for the middle class ”, defended.
According to the former minister of this area it is necessary “Climbing a lot” in this type of construction and pass from “20 and such a thousand focuses per year to numbers that approach 40 thousand, 50 thousand outbreaks per year”, A number that has already existed in the past and to which it is necessary to return.
“This implies supporting the private civil construction sector, but also public construction,” he said.
