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Former Secretary-General of PS, Pedro Nuno Santos
Former PS secretary-general has not yet decided to be a deputy. But it does not regret having the motion of trust.
The former PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos He said on Saturday that his “party political life ends,” ensuring that he was not sorry for the lead of confidence motion to the government because he considered that “in an advanced democracy” Luís Montenegro would not be prime minister.
“I am no longer secretary general. I end here a path of many years of dedication to the PS and the country, ”he told reporters to leave the PS’s National Commission, considering that he tried to“ do the best he knew for the Portuguese people ”.
The former secretary-general of the PS said that now “ party political life ends”And that did not make a decision about his place as a deputy.
Regarding a possible regret for having ENGLED THE MOTION OF TRUST To the government, which culminated in the elections with the heavy defeated PS, Pedro Nuno Santos replied: “Not only am I not sorry, but I am very proud of, at a crucial moment, to have been serious and have Defended decency in politics in Portugal ”.
“I was not calculating when I advanced to the party leadership and I was not calculating when I decided that we could not give Luis Montenegro confidence. I maintain what I always defended, because I think it is the correct position and the right attitude that a decent politician must have before his people, his country and democracy,” he emphasized.
For the PS leader, “In an advanced and qualified democracy, the current Prime Minister was not Prime Minister”.
“There is no minimum ethical conditions for leading a government. I thought it was when the motion of trust was voted, I think this today and I will hardly find it in the future because what we already know is enough for someone with Luís Montenegro’s past not a prime minister,” he insisted.
