SIC News Interview
In an interview with SIC Notícias, João Galamba, former Minister of Infrastructure, praised the Minister of the Environment for the “excellent work” she has done in the last two weeks, criticizing the other members of the Government.
João Galamba states that the Minister of the Environment has been “probably the only member of the Government to demonstrate empathy, pedagogy and communication” in the management of Storm Kristin.
“I have criticized the Minister of the Environment on some things, but in the last two weeks (…) she has done an excellent job, unlike other members of the Government who have demonstrated total unpreparedness. The Minister of the Environment has been frankly well”, he stated, on the SIC Notícias antenna.
The former Minister of Infrastructure criticized the Government harshlysaying that the Executive should be “concerned with doing its job and not with advertising”, referring – indirectly – to the .
Regarding the destruction of the electrical grid, João Galamba stressed that the situation caused by Storm Kristin has nothing to do with the blackout. “It’s a completely different event, here we have effective destruction”, he said, admitting that it is difficult to plan an electrical network and critical infrastructure for events of this nature.
On Wednesday, also on SIC Notícias, the Minister of the Environment announced that precisely to face extreme phenomena, but this Thursday João Galamba warned that this change “is very complex”.
“The electrical grid is not planned with ready-made phrases. Portugal has a percentage lower than the European average and suddenly it seems that we are going to bury all the lines. It is not planned like that. (…) There are other ways to guarantee resilience [da rede]: redundancy and reinforcement of structures”, he stated.
