Nuno Veiga / Lusa
The former Minister of Internal Affairs, Eduardo Cabrita
Former Minister of Internal Affairs has “very high consideration” by Maria Lúcia Amaral – but in other domains.
Eduardo Cabrita considers that this is not the time to debate what has been bad for this summer fires in Portugal. But you see some central flaws.
“We should not focus on the debate at this stage of combat, although we have been very significant for almost a month, some of them very significant,” the former Minister of Internal Affairs said.
“O but serious that’s what changed this year – and had already warned last year: the Priority to prevention. Interventions of a more structural character, but also the mobilization of populations for cleaning around villages and houses, or creation of forest management areas to cut off fire passing zones, ”he describes.
Cabrita has seen a “Political command deficita communication strategy that practically did not exist during the first three weeks and serious delays ”in air and the request for help to Europe.
At RTP, the former minister talked about “Situations that were not explained”highlighting a question: “How is it possible that all canadair have stayed?
Eduardo Cabrita sees “wrong signs” in the current government, especially a “Great distance. I am not saying that the government has to be at the fire site. But it should lead a communication strategy, follow the operational command, ”he explained.
“And manifestly, in this plan everything ran badly at two levels: the Prime Minister devalued-and was even offensive, in-the feeling of a country burning and a proven total inexperience policy and operational minister of the internal administration ”.
Cabrita stressed that it has a “High consideration” by Maria Lúcia AmaralMinister of Internal Affairs, for “its ability in other domains, but not in this.”
E defend a actual minister before Luís Montenegro: “The Minister of Internal Affairs has no responsibility for the abandonment of prevention. This responsibility is the Prime Minister. The Ministry of Agriculture did not exist for two years in the prevention strategy, there were disqualified programs. ”
Luís Montenegro recalled, on Tuesday, that the Minister of Internal Affairs only occupies this position for two months and is still learning.
Cabrita reacts and sees connection with the Spinumviva. That is, with the early elections held in May: “In this area, the minister has a total inexperience of management… well, But those who start functions two months from the time of higher risk of firespolitical responsibility-also there-is from the Prime Minister, in doing a Option with this type of limitations“.
