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Shortly after António Costa addressed the traditional Christmas message to the Portuguese, parties with parliamentary seats began to express their reactions.
The deputy Moisés Ferreira, of BE, said that “only words are not enough” and urged the Prime Minister to translate the Christmas message of gratitude “into acts” such as the “immediate” hiring of the National Health Service (SNS). .
“Words alone are not enough. Words have to be translated into acts that have to be coherent. Recognizing the importance of health professionals, in particular the SNS, and then not translating into acts is manifestly insufficient,” he said. Moisés Ferreira.
In a year marked by the covid-19 pandemic, and when he reacted to António Costa’s Christmas message, also focused on the pandemic crisis, the deputy of the blockade said that Portugal “cannot have an SNS with thousands of workers with contracts four months. ” precarious ”and at the same time a“ government that refuses to interfere in anything in the career of health professionals, but thanks them ”.
“On Christmas Eve, many precarious workers are working in the NHS hospitals,” said Moisés Ferreira.
Speaking to journalists at BE headquarters in Porto, the deputy defended the need to carry out a “permanent and immediate hiring” of people with vulnerable ties in the SNS, having also addressed the issue of vaccination and carried out an analysis of the “errors” of the socialist executive of António Costa in managing the fight against the pandemic.
CDS-PP speaks of “end of cycle” of the Government
The vice president of the CDS-PP, Miguel Barbosa, declared the “end of the cycle” of the socialist minority government, commenting on the president’s Christmas message.
António Costa served us today, Christmas Day, a government at the end of its cycle and without any capacity to give hope to the Portuguese. Christmas 2020 is marked by deep anguish in which hundreds of thousands of Portuguese live the Christmas of their discontent, without the right to the spirit or a ‘Christmas miracle’ “, he said.
According to the Christian Democrat leader, “António Costa’s message shatters the regret and adds consternation to the suffering.”
The prime minister today expressed his hope for the recovery of the country, after a year of “struggles, pain and resistance” due to the covid-19 pandemic, in a Christmas message in which he expressed a “special thanks” to the professionals of health.
Regarding the anti-19 vaccination plan, Miguel Barbosa expressed his concern about the “preferential option for health centers, as an alternative to large-scale vaccination centers”, due to the “absence of an aggressive communication plan to raise awareness among citizens to adhere to vaccination “. “, questioning” why health professionals from the private sector are not included in the first phase of vaccination. “
“The CDS clearly advocates a greater participation of the Armed Forces in the entire vaccination plan and in the fight against the pandemic in general,” he added.
António Costa, when addressing the Portuguese, assumed that his government did not “do it well” and made “mistakes, because only those who do not make mistakes”, promising all efforts “to combat the pandemic and alleviate the suffering” of citizens .
The CDS-PP defends an “SOS Lares program, to support the hiring of doctors and qualified personnel to reinforce the care of those who attended us, a pharmacy voucher to help the most disadvantaged elderly to buy medicines and a ‘Vía Verde Saúde ‘to ensure timely access for non-covid-19 patients to the private and social sector. “
The Liberal Initiative calls for “the prime minister to be good and not just nice”
The sole deputy of the Liberal Initiative (IL) defended that “Portugal needs a good prime minister (PM) and not just a good PM”, reacting to the Christmas message from the head of the socialist minority government, António Costa.
“Portugal needs a good Prime Minister (able to guarantee a solid and ambitious vaccination plan and a recovery path that does not depend only on the State) and not just a good Prime Minister (focused on gratitude and solidarity with so many to whom the Government failed). That makes hope difficult ”, declared João Cotrim Figueiredo.
“A message of hope implies having a good vaccination plan, not just words. A message of hope implies having concrete ideas for economic recovery and not only relying on European money. The Government does not trust that a vaccination plan can be implemented , nor economic measures that allow the social and economic recovery of the country, ”said Cotrim Figueiredo.
The IL parliamentarian regretted that “the main figures of the State” think that “the future of the Portuguese is resolved only with the expression of affection.”
“A Christmas message must first of all point to the future and give hope, unfortunately no new solutions have been heard, only the same path whose results have not created conditions for progress. We have a Government that does not trust the Portuguese. A Government that does not believe and will not give conditions to private initiative, “he lamented.
PAN says Costa is in “political confinement”
PAN spokesman André Silva said that Prime Minister António Costa is in “political confinement”, in addition to prophylactic isolation due to the covid-19 pandemic, for forgetting the “bridges” with other parties.
The prime minister delivered the speech in political lockdown, since, knowing that he does not have an absolute majority in parliament, he continues to assume the official speech of the PS as the only possible path and seems to have already forgotten the bridges with other political forces launched. based on the latest state budget “he lamented, in reaction to the CEO’s Christmas message.
According to the deputy of the People-Animals-Nature party, Costa “seems to speak of a country that only exists in official discourse” and that is not seen “in the practical action of the Government and the PS.”
“Gratitude is expressed, above all, in actions, and the Prime Minister’s words only make sense if they are accompanied by concrete measures that touch people’s lives,” defended André Silva.
The PAN parliamentarian added that the “economic model that put all the chips in a car was a” wrong option. that promotes job insecurity and does not ensure environmental, economic and social sustainability ”.
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