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The Secretary General of the Socialist Party (PS), Pedro Nuno Santos, accompanied by PS President Carlos César (D), and the head of the list by Castelo Branco, Nuno Fazenda (E).
A “radical coalition” is as dangerous as the “flour of the same bag sitting at the same supper.” It was the day to talk about ghosts in the socialist rally.
Yesterday was the day of socialist warnings about ghosts on the way to election day, scheduled for May 18 – although a record number of voters (333,347) has registered in the early vote and will vote this Sunday, the 11th.
The PS Secretary-General, Pedro Nuno Santosargued that an eventual AD government with IL would result in a “Radical coalition”that “I would undermine the social state” in Portugal.
“To have stability we really needed a PS victory and it is important to make a safe change that the AD government could not do. It failed to health, failed in the economy and now, with IL, then we would have a radical coalition that would undermine the social state in Portugal,” said Pedro Nuno Santos, who spoke during a riot in the city of Guard.
Asked about political stability in Portugal, the socialist leader reinforced the idea that, with the past of Luís Montenegro, he “will not be able to guarantee stability in the future.”
“The PS with a victory will be able to guarantee the conditions of stability, we will dialogue with the parties, there is no other party that can easily guarantee stability than us. The current prime minister cannot, has not guaranteed so far, will not guarantee in the future,” he said.
A few hours later, the PS president came to alert to another “unstable” picture, this one, without Montenegro in the painting.
Carlos César argued that AD in government means having less education, health or social support, warning that the right may need the arrival to “extend in power” because They are “flour of the same bag”.
In a speech at the Vila Real rally, Carlos César appealed to the useful vote in the PS and praised the party secretary general, Pedro Nuno Santos, considering that “honors the best in the history of the PS”.
“Everyone tells him in this election campaign: political stability is essential, but one thing is what some say and something is what some have done or do or want to continue to do as the AD and Luís Montenegro.
However, the president of the PS left a warning because he considered that “It is not impossible for the right not to need it” And let it be with André Ventura’s party that “the right is to be prolonged in power.”
“They come from the flour of the same bag and, as much as they deny three times, we cannot think that we get rid of seeing them sitting at the same supper, Even if it is without Montenegro”He emphasized.
A convinced in the PS victory in the elections of May 18, Carlos César argued that “Portugal would take a serious risk” if there was an AD government, “with or without arrival or allied to the liberal initiative.
“AD has to be left behind, because it represents a serious risk of greater radicalization in Portuguese politics and weakening public service and active public policies, especially for social support, education policies and health policies. To have less education, less health and less social support,” he said.
“The change we need is not in the political children of Passos Coelho and Cavaco Silva,” he concluded, insisting on the idea of the useful vote, especially in small districts where “it is not worth voting for parties such as PCP, BE, PAN or Free” and it is “I need to focus votes on PS”.
