Minister warns Pan: “Don’t invent!” – blackout and lies were matters in Parliament

“I’ve been working,” says environmental and energy minister. Several questions were unanswered.

“They are being opportunistic on a disgrace that didn’t happen“This Wednesday was the day of debate (unexpected) in the Assembly of the Republic about the (also unexpected) that took place two days earlier.

Presidential Minister Antonio Leitão Amaro criticized the opposition of political opportunism, while arguing that the response to the unprecedented event was very good: “When many are in criticism of communication in the country next door, Portugal is highlighted as an example in the effectiveness of crisis management and communication“.

“Those who focus on discussing difficulties in public communication is because they recognize that The essentials worked ”, pointed out the minister, during the opening intervention of this Standing Commission – and then said the opening sentence of this article, speaking to the parliamentary bench PS, to two “Opportunists”.

Regarding communication, he assured that the government spoke (by Leitão Amaro himself) right after 12 noon, recalled that Luís Montenegro spoke three times on Monday and repeated that the priority was given to , because it is “more resilient” to these extreme phenomena.

As priorities Passed priority supply to essential services, hospitals, security forces, transport and civil protection.

“What if it ran badly?” Asked Leitão Amaro.

“Don’t invent”

Then the questions of the deputies began.

By the PS, Pedro Vaz left many specific questions, about concrete moments of blackout – the Government did not answer. Then the socialist deputy complained: Leitão Amaro would eventually ask all parties to send questions in writing.

Mariana Mortágua (BE) spoke in a “Security Problem” In Portugal – Much because REN – National Energy Networks is the property of a group Chinese. And in this context warned that the alerts of the Annual Internal Security Report (Rasi) should not be “ignored”.

Paula Santos, from the PCP, thinks that the blackout “made the more visible interests which are at the basis of Portuguese electrical system management ”which“ are not national interests ”.

For free, Paulo Muacho defends the creation of a questionnaire to ascertain the consequences of blackout in public institutions.

Pan deputy, Inês de Sousa Real, asked for a reflection on “energy sovereignty”, defending the use of renewable energies. But it also focused on another subject: communication. “There was contradictory and time consuming information: it took for example to dismiss the fake news, or to issue messages to the population. ”

Minister Leitão Amaro left many points unanswered but to this one responded directly to Inês de Sousa Real: “It is not worth feeding the thesis of the fake news. I myself was the first political guardian to speak on behalf of the government. I was very clear about what existed and what did not exist. Therefore, do not inventdo not invent contributions! ”.

“And the rest of the questions?” Asked Inês de Sousa Real, with the microphone off.

E as the minister?

Later, again PS deputy Pedro Vaz suggested that the Minister environment and energy, internal administration and administrative modernization “They got to see”while the health minister “was in the north.”

Rita Matias, deputy of the arrival, did not like this comment: “It was extremely bad tone. Described the functions of the emergency cabinet and said that the ministers did not do anything, Perhaps because of judging that they are women and therefore had no responsibilities! It is not for me to defend the honor of these ministers, but this is unfair! ”

Pedro Vaz spoke soon after, saying that the description of the functions of the ministers was made by the observer newspaper, not by the PS.

Later, the Minister of Environment and Energy said, Maria da Graça Carvalho: “Who asks where it was, I was working. It had the responsibility of five critical area: electricity, water, basic sanitation, fuels and gas. ”