Bluff, conversations, Nuno Melo jealous. Government was divided into the motion of trust

The government was divided into the motion of trust, and even among the ministers there were dissent. Montenegro decided next to the nearest nucleus – and not even Marcelo agreed with the outcome.

Not even the government was understood about the confidence motion presented this Tuesday. According to the social democrats, they were divided between considering the decision an intelligent strategy or, on the other hand, an attempt to surrender.

Everyone agreed, however, that the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry requested by the socialists could not advance.

According to the newspaper, contrary to what the government does in public – no one openly criticizes Luís Montenegro – in private is accused by members of the Democratic Alliance bench of poor management of the political situation.

“There was some superb“Says an element of the government of AD. “And at one point there was insecurity“. It refers to the attempt, by many misunderstood and unfounded, to have a “conversation” at the closed door with the socialist leader, to try to negotiate.

According to internal sources, the party’s parliamentary leader, Hugo Soares, has even been instructed to have a conversation directly with Alexandra Leitãoyour PS counterpart to negotiate a truce. The conversation was refused, and the request for a private conversation was really done in the eyes of all – and also denied (“a bluff which was taken too far, ”writes the observer).

But before that there was already dissent in AD, even as regards the ministers. On March 1, before speaking to the country, Montenegro summoned a Council of Ministers.

But before meeting with the other members of the government, the Prime Minister called a private meeting with its core close to counseling, which includes Leonor Beauty, Hugo Soares and ministers such as Paulo Rangel, António Leitão Amaro, Castro Almeida and Miranda Sarmento.

The situation, narrates the observer, displeased the leader of the CDS and Minister of Defense, Nuno Melothat on the day of the confidence motion will not have been present at meetings with the Prime Minister. It is not even believed to agree with the decision to keep the motion of trust. It will have “strolled” through the corridors of Parliament, passed through the CDS room and settled back to the parliament bench, without ever being consulted.

Later, in public, he said only that he felt “very uncomfortableWith the situation of “deleted political crisis”.

Marcelo Against Motion of Trust

Another undressed entity was the President of the Republic – whose displeasure in the week before the presentation of the Motion of Trust.

And the discontent was not here. According to the former President of the Republic Aníbal Cavaco Silva, who agreed with the presentation of the motion, Marcelo didn’t like the decision.

However, after Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa called the State Council, this Thursday, all the counselors spoke in favor of the election scenario (and the choice of a new head of government was not even mentioned).

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