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The President of the Liberal Initiative (IL), Mariana Leitão
Mariana Leitão and Rui Tavares have exchanged “Galhardetes” throughout the campaign for next Sunday’s local elections. This time, the liberal accused the leader of the free from coming from the radical left and having a speech.
“Rui Tavares comes from the radical leftcovers with the radical left, vote favorably the proposals of the radical left and then want the Portuguese to believe it is not from the radical left, ”he accused Mariana Leitão.
“To be Solty Speech From Rui Tavares no longer deceive the Portuguese, ”added the liberal leader, during a visit to the Setúbal market, accusing the block, PCP and free to have fostered the.
On Saturday, “Rui Tavares realized the consequences of his speech and the scales of disregard he brought,” said IL leader, appealing to the free spokesman and “her coalition partner, the Left Block, so that in the background, moderate your speech to avoid this chaos and disorder scales to which it has been watched in recent days”.
Rui Tavares had said that Il is desperatetherefore, not making criticisms of the PSD/CDS government, as it succeeded in the controversial F-35 Israelites scale in the Azores.
On Saturday afternoon, in Faro, the free leader considered and lamented that, “Contrary to what happens in other countries in Europe” there is no “a liberal party in Portugal”.
Already this Sunday, Tavares once again mentioned IL, demanding that Mariana Leitão retracts because she held responsible for the party of Rui Tavares to encourage “acts of vandalism”, after the pro-Palestinian manifestation in Lisbon.
“Only an act of despair can lead a political leader to do this. And it’s political irresponsibility, it’s even social irresponsibility. Because we already live in a very polarized society, without needing this kind of things. One political leadership that is responsible does not do this. Mariana Litão should apologize for what she did, ”said Rui Tavares, in Cascais.
Rui Tavares stressed that the party is present in “manifestations for human rights and against genocide.“ Free always condemned when he had to condemn, he regretted when he had to regret, he does not endorse. Everyone knows that, ”he said.
In the answer, Mariana Leitão said that “Rui Tavares is not used to confronting him with Sonsice of your speech“But” won’t intimidate me with this kind of innuendo and approaches. “
On the passage of fighters acquired by Israel to the US, Mariana Leitão considers that the case “was explained by the government” and “was clarified”.
“This was an administrative procedural error,” was “given the information, the government was committed to changing administrative proceedings” and “there is no more to add to this case,” summarized the president of IL, who has coalitions with the PSD and CDS in two dozen municipalities in the country, namely Lisbon, Porto, Coimbra and Faro.
