2023-04-18 21:56:00
The leader of the conservative opposition in Portugal, Lus Montenegro (PSD, center right). MANUEL DE ALMEIDA | EFE
The leader of the conservative opposition in Portugal, Lus Montenegro, meets for the first time with the President of the Republic
18 abr 2023 . Updated at 9:56 p.m.
The leader of the main opposition party (the centre-right PSD), Lus Montenegro, met this Tuesday for the first time with the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. The meeting came after several previous exchanges of statements, in which Montenegro had refuted Rebelo de Sousa’s rudeness to the opposition. There are no alternatives to the governmentthe president repeated on numerous occasions to explain why he ruled out calling early elections.
Although he had not made it so clearly public, another of Rebelo de Sousa’s great concerns resided in a possible pact that the PSD could make with Chega, a far-right party, to gain access to the Government. Montenegro, ambiguous about his position to date, was expected to express himself more clearly, but he continues in the same vein. Excusing himself that he is party Strategy, He preferred not to reveal the conversation about the extreme right. Of course, he insisted on the leadership of his party among the conservatives, something that Rebelo de Sousa had also questioned. In this sense, the president hopes that the PSD will consolidate and can gain ground in the polls for Chega, which at the moment is the The only force that capitalizes on the fall of the socialists.
Precisely, the leader of Chega, Andr Ventura, will go to the Belm Palace this Wednesday as a representative of the third political formation. It is expected that he will ask Rebelo de Sousa to clarify if he contemplates a government solution that includes his party.
After the meeting on Tuesday, Montenegro expressed that their conversation should be kept at the discretion of institutional relations, and concentrated most of his speech in criticizing the Government for not feeling the Portuguese. Broadly speaking, she said that she had addressed the political, economic and social situation of the country and some issues that are of interest to the lives of citizens. In addition, he pressured Rebelo de Sousa not to allow the European elections to take place on June 9, a date that the PSD considers inappropriate because it is the eve of a holiday.
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