“I regret not being able to avoid the elections,” says the only deputy who presented a statement of vote in the motion of trust.
When the time has come for the confidence motion presented by Luís Montenegro, there were no last -minute surprises in the votes; But there were two moments that stood out.
One of them was the silence. When a motion is rejected or approved, there is usually prolonged applause in the Assembly of the Republic. This time, nothing. No one was properly “to the jumps” because of the fall of the government.
Before this, the other moment that was noted was when FERNANDO MEASURE He asked for the word: he announced that he had a vote statement to present.
It was the Single deputy to submit a vote declaration. However, he explained why: I preferred that there were no early elections.
“I wanted to underline the appearance, this lament Not being able to reach a point where we spared the country to a situation of political crisis and new elections, ”said the PS deputy.
Medina thinks that “all efforts to ensure political stability” should be done because “you need to be aware that The country does not want new elections“.
Fernando Medina criticizes who took advantage of the spinumviva case, Luís Montenegro’s family business – including within the PS (even without saying).
“I heard many innuendo, slander and falsehoods without any demonstration. Condemn this from public square, whatever party is. I saw attempts to use political use against the prime minister who did not seem to me to be a debate, which should not be confused with clarification, ”he said in.
However, the former mayor of Lisbon was “surprised” because Montenegro made a “poor political evaluation” This situation: the Prime Minister should have closed The company is “recognized that it had made a mistake, and none of this would have come to these proportions.”
In the next elections, Fernando Medina fears a abstention High, if the parties do not focus on voter priorities. And also stresses that there is a “risk of growth of extremes ”.
In relation to the posture of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in the midst of this crisis, the socialist deputy admits that the President of the Republic was “limited” because of the lack of understanding between PSD and PS.
Speaking of president, Medina assures that she will support António Vitorino in the next presidential elections, if Vitorino is even a candidate for Belém.
