Montenegro vs. Many accusations and few explanations

The mission that AD leader Luís Montenegro, and arrival president André Ventura, had tonight was the same to convince each other’s voters to vote for the other.

Perhaps this idea helps to explain that the debate was more centered on the exchange of accusations than in the proposals that Luís Montenegro and André Ventura have for the country.

The AD leader opened the hostilities accusing the arrival of not having « maturity or decency » to be government and to be « a chord. »

“Those who are just turned to destroy and cannot build has no vocation to rule,” said Montenegro.

Ventura took the word and brought to the debate the case of a pregnant woman who had the delivery in an ambulance.

« While coming here to give its air of maturity and sense of state another pregnant woman had a baby on the door because her government’s emergency rooms were closed, » said the arrival leader, adding that Montenegro’s executive was « a disaster in various health matters. »

And he responded to AD leader’s criticism: « He says he can’t count on arrival because it’s not reliable, » but he continued Ventura, « You don’t want to count on anyone but tell you face to face: you won’t tell us. »

Montenegro returned to the burden with accusations of lack of successfulness, remembering his past in the PSD, which militated “70% of life”, and stressing that when he performed national counselor and mayor never defended what he defends now.

“He was a collaborating with everything the PSD defended and walked in a flag in his hand. He thought the best leader was the one who is in front of him today,” said Montenegro.

About the pregnant woman, the AD leader said that Ventura did not know what he was talking about and that the baby was born in the ambulance because the lady was already in a very advanced phase of labor.

But Ventura did not drop the health issue and accused the prime minister not to know what is going on and challenged: “Agree with this band in health, you know how many emergencies were closed at Easter? 10 And who is responsible for this, André Ventura?” He asked, then giving examples of the waiting times of the users and going to the lightness in one of the topics that is most expensive to him. « Everything that is immigrant goes ahead. Your government is the same as the PS, » he said.

Regarding his past as a social democrat, Ventura accused Montenegro of ‘pasteing him’ to him in the local campaign in Loures and praising him. « You said André Ventura is the best talent we have. »

Montenegro denied and said that Ventura « never » will have a place on the Council of Ministers. « It’s because of this posture. »

The prime minister again focused on health debate and admitted that it is not all right, but assured that the situation has improved a lot with his executive.

« We are not saying that everything is fine. We are recovering the capacity of the NHS, » he said.

Ventura said Montenegro had to take “the pink glasses” to find “that everything is fine”

What the government does, he accused, is « to make up urgencies with the need to call: it makes sense that a pregnant woman has to call? They may be dying, having children, having an accident, but call. This is not loyalty, this is to govern badly. »

AD leader accused Ventura of “living badly with the truth” and liking it.

« Its usefulness is the same whether it has 1 deputy or 50, » said Montenegro and drove directly to voters who voted for the last legislatures: « They have a path of hope in AD. »

The arrival of the arrival wanted to paste the PSD to the PS and accused the orange bench of voting with the socialists in the time of the Gerigonça.

« Voting on PS or PSD is the same corruption, they are the same boys, the same miserable wages. It’s the same thing, » he said.

« With you, there are even more pots throughout the country, it’s even more serious than with the PS. »

After approaching the case of the pregnant woman, Ventura brought again news of the day, is related to Mario Centeno, who allegedly receives more than 19 thousand euros per month.

« Do you know what is the value of the minimum old age pension?

“We have the same logic as PS again: withdrawing taxes and distributing to the poor: Gypsies, immigrants. What is the difference to António Costa? Only the blue eyes, otherwise is the same,” said sarcastically.

Montenegro responded in the same coin, alluding to the fact that Ventura has a pink tie, color associated with the PS, considering it « very consistent » with the « political action this year » of arrival.

And he admitted that the government made agreements with PS but did so to “improve people’s lives” and not for “political tantrum” as it will have done.

Faced with criticism of the arrival program, Ventura replied: « If our program is unrealistic, the PSD is stratospheric. »

About the tolls, Ventura stressed the fact that in Spain they did not pay themselves and defended their end.

« We want to end the tolls – a thousand million euros – because we pass the border in Vilar Formoso and not pay. These are roads that we have already paid 40/50 times. »

For the arrival leader, the tolls “serve to feed a political class that coupled to these companies. We pay and they live in our account. We don’t need a parasitic political class,” he said.

Finally, and confronted with criticism of an economically uncomfortable and too optimistic program, the prime minister recalled that last year « everyone was wrong, » when he doubted his executive’s economic surplus.

Finally, he recalled that the Electoral Program of the arrival has an impact of 40 billion euros. « You need to say where you seek to support the economic program, » he said.

Ventura replied, « ours is much closer to the Public Finance Council than the PSD. » « The PSD predicts that exports will grow 4.4% in a world in complete disorder. » « This is immaturity is not knowing about economics. » “The arrival foresees growth between 2.2. And 2.4 Who is the adult in the room?” He asked.