Miguel Figueiredo Lopes / Presidency of the Republic / Lusa
Marcelo on video call at the beginning of COVID-19
Lunch with Aguiar-Branco and the parliamentary leaders of the parties. He spoke about COVID-19, about dissolutions. And Passos and Cavaco.
Marcelo Rebelo de Souza is of exit and policy. The future former president of the Republic had lunch this Wednesday with Aguiar-Branco, president of the Assembly of the Republic, and with the leaders of parties with parliamentary representation.
The reports that Marcelo admitted that his most difficult time andas head of state in 2020, because of: when declared a state of emergency.
The Portuguese Constitution does not provide for a state of emergency to be declared for health reasons, for sanitary reasons. It was necessary to adopt a “creative interpretation” of the Constitution.
Nor did he escape the questionable dissolutions of the Assembly of the Republic: he explained that he did not want PCP and BE to vote against the 2022 State Budget. António Costa was the prime minister. Furthermore, it prolonged the habit: the legislature continues if the State Budget for the following year is approved.
Nor has he forgotten the moment when advanced as candidate the President of the Republic, more than 10 years ago: she decided against the will of the PSD, as did Jorge Sampaio in 1995. He didn’t say his name but he was talking about Pedro Passos Coelhohighlights the .
For the future, he guaranteed that he will remain in the “reserve” on a political level. Because, when you leave politics, “you really have to leave”.
In other words, it won’t be like Cavaco Silva, who appears frequently, who speaks or writes about current national politics.
Marcelo guaranteed that he will be discreet and that he will stay away from politics. For good.
