Chega’s leader, André Ventura, criticized the Government, considering that it “prepared poorly” for the increase in prices and once again defended the application of zero VAT on the essential food basket.
Chega’s leader, André Ventura, expressed concern about the rise in the inflation rate to 3.4% in April and criticized the Government, considering that it “prepared poorly” for this scenario.
“The Government prepared poorly for the rise in prices, it was unable to support people in basic things, such as zero VAT on the essential basket, which was a way of lowering the cost of goods, it was not for luxury goods, nor for superficial goods, it was for fundamental goods”, he said.
“The Government should have done this [aplicar IVA zero]Chega asked him to do this and that didn’t happen. Added to this was a brutal fuel crisis, so we have the perfect storm for a crisis in people’s pockets”, he lamented.
André Ventura, who spoke to journalists on the sidelines of a visit to in the district of Évora, says he does not know whether the Government “are you burying your head in the sand or not” in relation to the rise in the inflation rate, but which “prepared poorly”at this point being “handling the situation badly.”
Still on this topic, the Chega leader once again called for the application of zero VATtaking into account the safeguarding of public accounts.
The inflation rate accelerated to 3.4% in April0.7 percentage points more than in the previous month, again driven by according to the quick estimate released this Thursday by In April, the variation in the index referring to energy products increased to 11.7%after an increase of 5.7% in March.
