Hugo Delgado / LUSA
The Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro
“We are a safe country that wants to continue to be safe. That does not waver in its efforts to continue to be safe.”
The ceremony had nothing to do with presidential elections: they were the signing of investment contracts from AICEP – Agency for Investment and Foreign Trade of Portugal.
But, amid the investments signed on Tuesday, Luís Montenegro decided to say “safe”. Six times.
“We are a country sure. Sure. (…) We are a country insurance and who wants to continue to be safe. That does not weaken its effort to continue to be safe.”
Further on, he quotes: “Those who remain rooted in immobility, who are afraid of change, who do not dare to take steps, which are insurance, but sometimes it is necessary to endure these moments of transition – these are left behind”.
On the night of the first round of the presidential elections, Luís Montenegro announced that the PSD would remain silent in the electoral campaign towards the second round. It will not support either of the two candidates: António José Seguro and André Ventura.
Therefore, this speech was not support for Seguro in the second round of the presidential elections.
Or was it?
“I think the only thing missing was wink”, begins by analyzing João Miguel Tavares.
The commentator remembers that the prime minister is fluid in his speech, knows what he says and what he means: “And here he repeated the words, he seemed confused thinking ‘How many times can I put the adjective safe in this sentence?’”.
“I can’t understand what the idea was. This bothers me to death. If he wants to support, let him support. If he doesn’t want to support, don’t support him. We need politicians who courageously say what they want to do. I’m fed up with this. I think there are a lot of people who are fed up with this”, lamented João Miguel Tavares.
The commentator even understands that, to manage the future agreements that the Government will make with Chega or PS, Luís Montenegro will therefore not announce who he will vote for.
But, either admit it publicly and “shut up”. But this strategy of “I don’t support it and now it’s safe to repeat… It upsets me. This lack of clarity in politics doesn’t look good”.
