A moment of a ruada of ad originated the reactions. Voters over 65 are not a detail in Portugal.
The campaign of AD This Wednesday was marked by complaint In the Livramento Market, in Setúbal – especially.
Right at the entrance of the market, Luís Montenegro He found an elderly woman: “I was a civil servant, I worked 52 years and my renovation is 680 euros, think about it?!”, he asked, with the prime minister to answer that only seeing the specific case.
Ahead, another reformed and an old combatant repeated the same complaints: “My renovation is 350 euros, I wanted to see the Prime Minister” – Luís Montenegro advised to compete for the solidarity complement for the elderly.
This after, at the beginning of the campaign, Montenegro said, “I promised that we were reconciling with pensioners and retired. We are not only reconciled, but we are in an even greater appreciation process of those who are enjoying their deserved time of reform today.”
Pedro Nuno Santos – who questions “what success” says Luís Montenegro ” – said that his opponent has a”ignorance about the reality of pensioners“.
The PS leader highlighted the case of another elderly woman, who complained about the lack of MEDICINAL TUBLICATION by the government: “So far, I think the Luís Montenegro did not realize what you told you. Because Luís Montenegro, perhaps, is really convinced that it has guaranteed 100% reimbursement of medicines for all pensioners. ”
Pedro Nuno added: “Dear Luís Montenegro, the overwhelming majority of pensioners, even those who have low pensions, have no reimbursement in medicines.”
Who also reacted to this moment of the AD campaign was Paulo Raimundo: “Sooner or later, reality is imposed. And for those who have doubts, no matter how much propaganda, however much proclamation is, however much the vendins of illusions are, reality is always imposed,” said the secretary general of the PCP.
Raimundo said the Prime Minister was “confronted with a reality bath”when he had to hear the complaints of the reformed: “Luís Montenegro bit Fel. Luís Montenegro had to face reality such as as it is. It was contacting the people and the people answered them with the harsh reality of tightening, difficulties, because this, unfortunately, the reality of our people.”
During his intervention, Paulo Raimundo recalled that he had already warned that drugs are not free for all retired and that not all were entitled to the solidarity complement to the elderly, acknowledging that the CDU does not speak of “color about problems” and difficulties.
“The retirees today confronted Luís Montenegro with this reality. How did Luís Montenegro answer? Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah“, These.
They are not a detail
In a few days, this is already the second time that the retired have gained prominence in the election campaign.
In the early hours of this campaign, towards the legislatures of May 18, the elders had been “caressed” by several candidates.
E They are not a detail in the voters’ cake ”: According to the latest numbers of, just over 2.5 million of residents in Portugal with Over 65 years.
Given that, in last year (the latest nationwide), there were almost 9.3 million voters, means that people over 65 represent about 27% of the total voters.
Since, as is known, the older ones are more “right” to vote. They vote more than the younger ones.
And of those 2.5 million people over 65, the vast majority (1.8 million) is under 80 years old. It is assumed that, for health, mobility reasons, vote more easily.
That is, candidates for prime minister They are not looking for “crumbs” when they show themselves alongside the pensioners.
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, Zap //
