João Cotrim Figueiredo accuses Luís Marques Mendes of lacking proposals in the electoral campaign. Catarina Martins and António Filipe insist that they are the candidates who defend the interests of workers.
Despite Christmas week, candidates for the Presidency of the Republic maintain their campaign agenda, with criticisms and proposals that continue to mark the electoral scenario.
In her campaign, Catarina Martins, from Bloco de Esquerda, maintains a well-known format: visiting the country’s fairs, as he did during the years he was leader of the Bloc and in the elections for the European Parliament.
Although the position you are applying for is different, the campaign format remains practically the samewith or without flags, and with strong opposition to the Government.
“When the President of the Republic has a diploma on the table to promulgate or veto and which says that all people can be left with precarious contracts, or be fired in Portugal without further ado, what will she do? A President of the Republic is needed to face these Government projects. And it remains to be seen how candidates like António José Seguro, Luís Marques Mendes, or Gouveia e Melo will behave at all times. I listen to them and I have the idea that they, in In fact, they won’t do anything different from each other.”
In Seixal, António Filipe led a round of greetings to workers to insist on increasing wages in the country.
“The minimum wage should increase significantly. It is unacceptable that there are more than 2 million workers who do not take home €1,000 net at the end of the month. We have a minimum wage that net is €774, and this cannot continue like this. I believe that the President of the Republic must be an active voice in the general increase in salaries.”
On the right, the conversation is different. The candidates have spent the last few days involved in an exchange of messages in the public square.
João Cotrim Figueiredo accused Luís Marques Mendes of lack of proposals in the electoral campaign.
For the leader of the Liberal Initiative, Mendes’ campaign presents nothing new and focuses only on “details and minutiae”, without presenting a relevant stance or concrete proposals.
“I don’t know what the communication strategy of Luís Marques Mendes’ team is. This shows that there is nothing left to discuss in the campaign. We don’t hear anything else, we don’t see any other proposal, any other more politically relevant stance, the desire to help governments make proposals. Nothing like that. We’ve been talking about details and details for three days.”
