Electoralism in immigration and divergences in health and housing

This Sunday, in the only television confrontation among the eight party leaders with parliamentary representation, at Nova SBE, in Cascais and broadcast by RTP, was marked by accusations of electoralism on the subject of immigration and divergences tied in housing and health.

Some opposition parties leaders accused the government leader of having clarified spinumviva issues. And, according to some, Luís Montenegro is unable to hold office.

« Of course Luís Montenegro has no credibility and suitability necessary for the role of Prime Minister, » said PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos, while Mariana Mortágua accused Montenegro of a lack of notion of what it implies being Prime Minister. « 

Paulo Raimundo says that the resignation of the prime minister would be a « great contribution to democracy » while Rui Tavares accused Montenegro of « hidden information » to Parliament and « deceived » deputies and the country.

On the subject, PAN leader Inês Sousa Real said Luís Montenegro « is a great artist because he has managed to make a personal problem of his in a country problem. »

Already André Ventura, from the arrival, said that until there are no stall clarifications on the part of Luís Montenegro, there will always be the possibility of asking for a parliamentary commission of inquiry.

The Prime Minister answered just to say what he considered “obvious”: “None of these personalities will feel clarified, because the goal is pure and hard political struggle,” adding not to be “Just make offenses to my honor and honesty for free. They are the bones of the craft, but the Portuguese know that it is just a matter of political struggle. ”

Emigration

The next theme was emigration, with Pedro Nuno Santos to say that “AIMA has made notifications for voluntary abandonment” and that “there is a difference in the way a Prime Minister propagandically wants to appropriate the normal work of the competent entity to campaign in direct dispute with arrival”.

In turn, Luís Montenegro directly attacked Pedro Nuno Santos, recalling a series of positions taken by the socialist leader in recent weeks on the issue of immigration, stating that they are “Zig” and “Zag” to follow the PS of leaving 400,000 pending cases, a “swamp situation”

« The PS talk about this is a lack of shame, » accused the leader of the arrival and about the PSD, argued that the announcement of the deportations of Montenegro is one of « deplorable electoralism. » According to Ventura « who is illegal has to leave, who meets crimes in this country has to leave and those who do not go well, leaves evil. »

Mariana Mortágua says that « we do not accept this derivation or this drag that the far right has achieved in politics to the center and in all politics, » adding: « There is only one way to know who enters and include people: regularize people. »

It is the turn of Rui Rocha, who argued that « timing and electoralism are proper to these situations », and that the liberal initiative wants « immigration with rules and dignity. » « Those who have work, enter, who fulfill the law, are. Of course, those who do not fulfill the law cannot remain. »

Already Paulo Raimundo said that « we are facing a government election campaign action. If this announcement of propaganda that was made had been made regarding the reinforcement of means to combat the mafias then it would have been a great contribution. We were responding to the electoral agenda that Luís Montenegro wanted us to impose. »

About immigration Inês Sousa Real says that “the law is to comply with” and that one should not ignore the positive sides of the issue as the 3 billion euros of contributions to the social security for which they are responsible.

Rui Tavares says it is extraordinary that Montenegro said in « alleged campaign », having appeared António Leitão Amaro launched a theme that Montenegro recovered in campaign: « Do not play with us, do not take us by goals. »

Housing

After the break, the debate resumed the housing issue. Pedro Nuno Santos explains that « approaches AD in the diagnosis, which must be built more and stops there » since « the policies that Ad adopted contributed to more expensive houses, AD completely failed and most young people got further from buying home. »

Montenegro accused the previous socialist government of having aggravated the problem because of the “coercive lease”: “No one has given a bigger ax in the lease market,” he says, saying that the socialist governments introduced a “distrust of the market that we are still paying because people disinfect”.

Mariana Mortágua says that the ceilings to the income proposed by the Left Bloc and “the withdrawal of the Socialist Party in relation to housing” are the two highlights of this election campaign noting that the PS criticizes AD measures because they have increased the price of houses, but criticizes Pedro Nuno Santos because he says that “will keep all” these policies.

André Ventura, about housing, says that the PS talks about the subject is a « lack of shame » after its years of governance and accused the Be of defending « occupation to houses ». « The PS wanted to occupy the houses. Be wanted to occupy. This is wrong. »

Rui Tavares explains that lace price controls is not the “center of politics”, but it is part of the “toolbox” of governments from various countries in crisis time.

« There has been a very large increase in demand that is global, we need to cool the luxury market through a taxation that aggravates this type of purchase and we must foster housing for the middle class, » he justifies.

For the liberal initiative, Rui Rocha, said that it is “I need to build more, more and more” to combat the crisis in housing, explaining that the IL leader explains the measures of the program: “The state has to lower the VAT from construction to 6%. Then, simplification in licensing. And in the lease market: we have to lower taxes for those who have ownership and we have to deal with justice, because those who have houses are afraid to put them in the lease.

Inês Sousa Real says that big parties have failed housing policy, although they “promise a lot in campaign” – then they do not perform. ”“ In housing, we have to look at the dignified or unworthy way people live ”.

Health

About health, Luís Montenegro began for whom “evidently is not resolved”, but which, about the valorization of careers “in the balance, is positive” since “without human resources there is no possibility of solving the most urgent problems”.

Then it takes measures in housing to “captivate” good professionals to work in the NHS, which is in “transformation”, defending Luís Montenegro that has no ideological problems nor was it waste the capacity of the private sector. « The focus is the person. »

Pedro Nuno Santos says that « Montenegro is in denial » and that « government has failed because there are more urgencies closed, more useless years of family, waiting lists to increase. »

« We have a NHS in privatization, » said the socialist leader, according to which « public resources are being used to give even more strength to the private sector. »

Already Rui Rocha recalled that “today is Mother’s Day and the country has treated very badly to mothers and pregnant women. This has happened to the governments of PS and PSD. It is unacceptable.” The president of the liberal initiative lists some of the health problems and distributes the blame between PS and PSD. Rocha argued that it has to be given “freedom of choice to the Portuguese” and a “competitive system” between public, private and social sector.

For his part, the leader of Livre proposed that health deprives have another requirement at the level of transparency to end unfair competition with the public sector and added that only knowing how much private people pay to their professionals we could know how far the NHS is needed.

Then Paulo Raimundo stated that “the NHS is the only guarantee of the focus on people” since “it does not ask how much it has in the account, what is the insurance policy, what is the disease”, arguing that it is necessary to invest in health and that the biggest problem is the lack of professionals. « What is responsible for a responsible government is to bet, hire and set the professionals. »

In his intervention André Ventura threw the block, PCP and PS: « It seems that three aliens have arrived now, came from another world and say that service is working badly, as if they had not had any responsibility in governance in Portugal. » Then he pointed to Montenegro to say that “the great failure of his government is health”

According to Mariana Mortágua, “health has had an emergency solution for many years, recalled that it was the lack of health responses that motivated the breakage of the ‘Geringonça’ and criticized the fact that the current model was based on service providers, extraordinary hours and what is paid in conventional with the private. blackmail ”the users and the country.

Inês Sousa Real argues that “NHS needs more investment”, but asks “a perspective on resource optimization”