Passos Coelho does not advance against Montenegro
Since the crisis in the government broke out, Passos Coelho's mobile phone has not stopped playing and the former PSD leader has answered. The answer is: will never advance against Montenegro. Source near Passos has also assured that this «It is completely out », Which means that at least officially there is no person inside the party to go to votes other than the current Prime Minister.
It is away, for now, an internal crisis within the PSD. If no suspicion or controversy rises against Montenegro, social democrats will not drop the leader. On the eve of the PCP censorship motion debate-which was rejected, with the votes against the PSD, CDS-PP and IL-PSD secretary general, Hugo Soares, had already assured that the only possible candidate, in the event of early elections, will be Luís Montenegro.
Four names to replace Montenegro
To what the Sunrise He managed to find out, several PSD personalities tried to convince Marcelo to choose a replacement for Montenegro, instead of choosing to call early elections, but the president would have refused.
On top of the table were four Sonante names: Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel, the Mayor of Lisbon, Carlos Coins, the former PSD leader, Pedro Passos Coelho and the President of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar Branco.
The proposal would not have been sufficiently enticing to Marcelo, who has already admitted to mark early legislative elections for May 11 or 18, if the confidence motion against the government is splash.
With the approval of the Trust Motion text-confirmed electronically this Thursday morning-and its discussion next Tuesday, the fall of the government is practically certain. In addition to the arrival and the PS, who had already announced voting against the motion, the other parties who voted in favor of the censorship motion – PCP, Left Block, Free and PAN – also go in the same direction. It is necessary only a simple majority to splash this motion, which means that only with the votes of the main opposition parties – PS_E arrives – the lead was guaranteed.
Thus, it all points out that Parliament is dissolved for the third time in four years, and fast. The head of state states that it is important that political uncertainty is «Reduced to the least» and that the municipal and presidential elections decide « Normality ».
It also adds that it is essential that « People's economy, society and life continue », in a period that will not be «Longer than two months».
Passos Coelho in post-election scenario?
Some sources of the PSD_admit a possible post-election scenario, with Passos Coelho entering the scene.
Winning the PSD or the PS at the polls, there is a great possibility of a right -wing majority, and in this case some people from PSD_Admit the removal of Montenegro, to take the turn to Passos Coelho, the only one who can make bridges on the right and with the arrival.
This hypothesis has been spoken within the party, although Passos Coelho has already refused to rule without being elected at the polls.
Government insists on blaming the opposition
With steps or without steps, what is known is that there are many displeased in the party, displeased by the way Montenegro was involved in the crisis caused by his family business. On the government side, the plan is to insist on the discourse that this crisis and consequent fall of the government was caused by the opposition. The narrative that the government does not fall by its own fault, betting on theses that the electorate punishes those who cause crises is firm. Excessive confidence, they say the most critical within the PSD, who do not believe that life will be facilitated for AD in the near future.
To which the Sunriseamong some social democratic deputies were not pleased with the fact that the parliamentary group directed did not have called a meeting with the bench neither before, nor after the censorship motion presented by the PCP. Only on the afternoon of Thursday did deputies summoned to a night meeting.
Montenegro took a course that requires 'fluent English' without meeting this requirement?
The first-minister's level of English has not been spoken for the best reasons. Just remember Luís Montenegro's opening speech made in English, at the opening ceremony of the Summit 2024 web. His unpreparess generated a wave of comments and criticism on social networks. Some even recommended some «English classes» to the Prime Minister, given the weak installment in this language.
But the theme gains other contours if we stop to analyze Montenegro's curriculum, where it is likely to have completed an advanced management program at the European Institute of Business Administration (INSADA). One of the requirements for admission to the Insead programs is exactly having a 'fluent English', which leaves some questions regarding the completion of the prime minister's admission criteria.
The subject had already been raised in the chronicle of Eduardo Baptista Correia, published in this newspaper on February 21. «I would like to hear from Montenegro an explanation so that this dilemma and incongruity (relevant) was clear to everyone»shot Taguspark CEO and University Professor.
