ZAP // José Coelho, André Kosters / Lusa
In the debate of the ruis, Rocha accused Tavares of being “somewhere between the scythe and the hammer.” The free leader replied that at least he is not with motorcycle in his hand, accusing the liberals of even the baldness problem can solve.
Il and Livre leaders were face to face in Portugal on Sunday night in a pre-campaign debate for the May 18 legislative elections.
Rui Rocha and Rui Tavares They aligned themselves in criticism to respond to the tariff war announced last week. The two party leaders consider it to be too early, accusing the government of propaganda and electoralism.
But otherwise the discord points were quite patent. Right away, the Sustainability of Social Security It was one of the prominent themes.
Rui Rocha argued that it is necessary to “give instruments to peopleso that they themselves can constitute their savings, and also allow companies where these people work can reinforce this savings, with an investment that is, from a tax point of view, advantageous. ”
The president of IL also criticized the proposal of the Livre to attribute to each child a support of five thousand euros to the birth, considering it “financially irresponsible and socially unfair”.
The liberal leader also accused the free of attacking young people when he wanted to end “a small benefit that young people have,” referring to the Youth IRS regime.
“Rui, if you want to talk about irresponsibility and adventurism And if you want to talk about gifts, then let’s talk about five thousand euros to those who may need them when you get in adulthood, let’s talk about five billion euros. That is, a million times more, to the richest and especially to the richest companies, ”replied the free spokesman.
Rui Tavares criticized “IL’s Elon Musk Department’s “IL Department”to cut in state expenses, or the defense of privatization. “And then it is CP” afura “, RTP” Afura “, Caixa Geral de Depósitos” afura “,” he said.
The leader of free accused the liberals of “Not even the baldness problem solve which was one that interested me… but not even resolved. ”
Ahead, the president of IL stated that vote for free is “delivering the vote to BE and PCP”, maintaining that “free voted 95% of proposals made by the PCP and 99% of BE proposals”. “The free, although it presents itself as moderate, is at somewhere between the sickle and the hammer ”, criticized Rui Rocha.
Tavares, in an allusion to the, stained saying that, “At least, we are not on the chainsaw side”.
Miguel Esteves, Zap //
