Analysis
In the analysis of the election campaign and this Sunday’s debate, Martim Silva highlights the theme of immigration “ clear change of politics in the face of the previous cycle “.” andA few time to say that the processes of 100,000 immigrants were regularized, the government prefers to look at the 4,500 [que não é um número muito diferente de anos anteriores] which are sent away “.
Montenegro continues to hold the opposition responsible for the fall of the government. In the debate that joined the eight party leaders, the left again accused the Prime Minister of Electoralism with the theme of immigration. About spinumvivaCriticism rained the lack of scrutiny, Montenegro says he acted in good faith.
Questions whether the Portuguese still win with this discussion, Martim Silva He considers that taking into account the news released in recent days, namely when a set of customers of the company of Luís Montenegro, from Spinumviva, the debate of this theme is still known to be.
Inês Sousa Real, from Pan, even said that The Prime Minister has managed to turn a personal problem into a country problem. Martim Silva agrees with this point of view.
“Yes, this is evidence. Now, I also recognize and it also seems to me that it is not a theme that seems to appear as a priority with the look of the Portuguese.
With the data we have available, what we realize to date is that, although it is a topic that created girl with Luís Montenegro and AD, that is, the balance between those who understand that his performance is positive and negative, worsened because of the spinumviva case, now has not changed the scale dishes so that those who appeared in the first place three months ago, now it may not appear first. “
Another theme that dominated the debate was immigration
“The period of election campaign Themselves, these two weeks, in which I already include the last weekend where immigration has been said about the deportation of 4,500 immigrants, it is a period that seems essentially to the appeal to emotion. “
“Notice, the news and the way the government has rode that they will be sent away 4,500 immigrants. At first glance, a clear change in politics in the face of the previous cycle, a hardening of immigration policies and a page turning.
Now, it’s nothing like that. The number of 4,500 is not even substantially different from numbers that we have been watching over the past decade annually.
Probably, what we have different is a different look at the same policy, that is, when before it was said, look, 100,000 immigrants were regularized, now instead of saying that the processes of 100,000 immigrants were regularized, that is, that 100,000 immigrants can stay in Portugal, which is what is happening, the government prefers to look at the 4,500, which is not a very different number, which are sent away.
I would say that from this point of view it is Simply a different look, a different perception, very motivated by the way in recent years, the arrival managed to mark the political agenda from the point of view of immigration“Highlights Martim Silva, in the analysis at SIC Notícias.
