Miguel A. Lopes / Lusa
Pedro Nuno Santos and Luís Montenegro
PS Secretary-General said the case of the Prime Minister’s family company is “very similar” to that of the former Secretary of State.
The leader of the PS commented on Tuesday that that of the Prime Minister’s wife and children is “very similar” to what led to the resignation of Hernâni Dias and urged Luís Montenegro A gift explanations “As soon as possible.”
Speaking to journalists, Pedro Nuno Santos He stressed that the prime minister must be available “to be confronted” by journalists.
“I still say that the faster you prime minister is available to be confronted with journalists the better, because the truth is that every day new criticisms, new suspicions, new doubts”He said.
For the PS secretary-general, “it’s very important” that Luís Montenegro “give clarification, and it’s not just written clarifications, written questions, but to journalists who will ask them several questions, which I think they should be asked and should be answered ”.
“We believe there are good explanations, they have to be given, and they have to be given as soon as possible,” he said, appealing to Montenegro so he no longer expects to talk about a case “which It is very similar to that of its Secretary of State that ended ”, Hernani Dias.
It will be?
Ana Sá Lopes does not agree: “It’s different. It is not exactly comparable because Hernani Dias, who was working on the Soil Law, after being in government. ”
In the case of Luís Montenegro, left the company’s management concerned before being president of the PSDin 2022. It was still far from being a government leader.
But Explanations are missing Prime Minister’s public-and then, just as Pedro Nuno Santos has repeated. And this is the “Serious problem”, warned the commentator in, because it can give the idea that disguise something.
Ana Sá Lopes suggested that Montenegro “It has been silent for many time” because it is waiting for “people to forget from him”. One of the theories of political communication comes down to this: “Expect it to pass.”
On top of that, when we remember that, in late November, the same Luís Montenegro made one, live to all news, to announce an investment of 20 million euros to buy 600 vehicles for PSP and GNR and to repeat that Portugal is One of the safest countries in the world.
“How can it now not explain something serious, involving your family? AND It starts to be too late. This is not normal. In another country, the prime minister had already been talking, ”asks the politics expert.
