The secretary general of the PCP defended, this Saturday, the regulation and fixing of the prices of fuel and essential goods to protect consumers from the “speculation operation” that he considered to be being carried out by companies.
“There is a concrete measure, which is to regulate and fix prices. We are facing a speculation operation that has an effect on the lives of each one of us”, he stated.
Paulo Raimundo led the PCP delegation that joined a demonstration for the “end of US threats and aggression”, organized by the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation, which took place in Lisbon.
Speaking to journalists after greeting some protesters, the secretary general of the PCP began by giving the fuel case as an example.
“We are faced with an increase in fuel prices, we will be faced with a new increase next week, [mas] The fuel we are buying now was purchased and paid for three or four months ago. It is an act of speculation, therefore fixing the price is essential”, he explained.
“We pay more and more, the State gives up revenue through tax cuts, and those who have millions and millions and millions of euros, like Galp, the banks, large distribution, what contribution do they make to face this problem? Zero”, he criticized.
Raimundo considered that “lowering taxes is important but it is not enough, it is not enough”, insisting that the solution to the increase in the cost of living resulting from yet another conflict involves “fixing prices, regulating prices”.
“There is no difficulty in the Government decreeing, given the emergency situation we are facing, the fixing and regulation of the prices of bank fees, installments, food and fuel and energy”, he defended.~
Government “politically associated itself with the war”
The Government should “simply comply with the Constitution” and say that it cannot be “an accomplice in an act of aggression against a sovereign country”, he argued.
“And he didn’t do it, he did the opposite. Not only did he throw open the doors of the Lajes Base for this operation, he also became politically associated with it, which is even more serious”, he criticized, calling on the Government to “condemn this aggression” in all the international forums in which it participates and “do everything to make it end”.
Several hundred people demonstrate today in Lisbon demanding an end to the threats and aggressions by the United States of America (USA) and Israel against Iran, in an initiative organized by the Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation.
Starting in Cidade Universitária, the protest continued minutes after 3:00 pm towards the Embassy of the United States of America, ending in Sete Rios.
