In an interview, the President of the Assembly of the Republic toIt also borders the controversy about the case of the Prime Minister’s family business, justifies the controversial statements about Pedro Nuno Santos and defends the importance of political parties in democracy.
The President of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, It states that it is available and mobilized for political intervention and, regarding the case of the Prime Minister’s family business, condemns that political scrutiny becomes a popular judgment.
These positions were assumed in a released this Wednesday and conducted by journalist Natália Carvalho.
Interrogated if he intends to re-apply for deputy in the Next, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, who in the 2024 legislatures headed the AD list by the Castelo Viana Circle, answered with a “We’ll soon see”.
“EI am mobilized “
Pointed out that this Wednesday gathers the To choose the lists of candidates for deputies, he claimed not to anticipate the results of this meeting, but said he understands that there is a greater requirement for mobilization for civic intervention “than in the past.
“I am available to always evaluate how my contribution may exist for it. I don’t think it is Salvador of anything, but I think at this moment each of us is required a stronger effort for intervention. I, as they want I’m mobilized, I’m mobilized.”
Questioned about the case of Spinumviva, which opened the current the President of the Assembly of the Republic said he did not like “when the dimension of political scrutiny, which should happen, transforms, by way of debate, into popular judgment.”
“What I mean is that, in theory, and it is not just in this situation, we have been assisted too many times that it is sought by the use of figures that are mainly for scrutiny of a political nature to try to assess the legality or illegality of things [feita] Outside the space it should be, which is the space of the courts. “
“I didn’t insult anyone”
Already about Recently that PS Secretary-General Pedro Nuno Santos has done more harm to democracy in six days than arrival president André Ventura, in six years, Aguiar-Branco framed it as “a political analysis in relation to a particular situation” that “was” of the PSD National Council.
“I didn’t insult anyone, I didn’t make accusations,” he claimed.
“This my thinking was not expressed at any time in my role as President of the Assembly of the Republic. In the case of the PS leader, I praised him for his state posture when he had it in relation to such important matters for the country, how was the state budget [para 2025].”
However, in its perspective, “the responsibility that is associated with the It is a greater responsibility “.
“And this is the picture of attention I also wanted to express in my intervention, that, in relation to PS, it is a party that we have as a degree of responsibility in all that happens in our democracy, in our political action, in a larger level. And that is what I also wanted to make clear in my intervention,” he said.
“No one is concerned about the presidential”
In relation to Aguiar-Branco argued that he was right when, in December, he said he thought it was not the time to talk about them.
“Taking our bubble, the famous political bubble, when walking down the street, no one is concerned about the presidential. Reality is giving me right. I did not want to contribute to this debate and I still don’t want to contribute to the presidential debate because I think it’s not the priority focus of the Portuguese.”
Confronted with the fact that pointed out as a favorite in polls to win the presidential, give signs of not wanting to have in his candidacy the support of parties, the president of Parliament counterae: “In a liberal democracy, the parties are absolutely essential structures and institutions.”
Aguiar-Branco even warned that “the day when there are no party structures with credibility that deserve confidence of people, it will surely be walking to very little democratic regimes.”
“We will be walking towards populism and cloaks that are risky to our freedom and our democracy.”
