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A the presence and departure of António Costa from the Honorary Committee of Luís Filipe Vieira and the remodeling of secretaries of State that the Government did last week were topics that were on the table in Marques Mendes’s usual comment, on Sundays, in the SIC. “Ironically, I’d say we had two renovations this week.”, he stated.
Remembering that he had said last week that the “Prime Minister was still going to regret” belonging to the list of the president of Benfica, the former leader of the PSD He added that António Costa “must be relieved on the one hand and regret on the other” and “As soon you will not get into another of this type”.
“In you intimate, António Costa realizes that he was wrong, that he set a bad example and that he even leaves a stain that, in some way, will mark him a little for the future “, he pleaded.
Marques Mendes later said that if the Head of Government had not left the Honor Commission until last Friday, the day the position of the Operation was known Lex -in which Luís Filipe Vieira is one of the defendants- “it was a national shame, it was almost a joke and I don’t know if I even went out.” “He was a prime minister giving his support and backing to someone accused of a crime.”.
Regarding the remodeling of the government, in which the departure of Jamila Madeira even surprised herself: the commentator stressed that this “was more or less announced” and that “it does not appear to be to divert attention or to divert attention” from this case.
“I think they are here [na remodelação] bad signs. It is another mistake by António Costa. Also, this week he did very badly“, I consider.” Are five secretaries of state leaving and why? […] They are replaced by five other people who are former advisers or former chief ministers. Therefore, money from the house, from the appliance. And this gives a sign of a closed government, exhausted, increasingly divorced from society “.
Another fact that made an “immense impression” on the former leader of PSD it was the fact that one of the secretaries of State left by the Executive, Alberto Souto Miranda, became “administrator of the future Banco de Fomento”. “This is an example of clientelism. So a person leaves the government and has already announced that he is going to be a bank administrator? “I ask.
Noting that the “clientelism It is not exclusive to this Government, “says Marques Mendes that in this case there is also a problem of” independence. “” It gives the impression that this is not an independent bank, that it is a new bank. directionof the Government. “They are, for the commentator, “very bad signs of the state of the Government”.
Regarding the actions of the Prime Minister, the lawyer opined that “António Costa came on vacation and, practically this month after the holidays, they are just mistakes”. And he exemplified: “He bought a war with the doctors, then he backed off, it was the idea of opening a political crisis, he also backed down, then the monumental nonsense of supporting Luís Filipe Vieira, then this remodeling in a closed circuit.”
And how is it justified? “The main reason, from my point of view, is that there are signs here. The first signs that we are at the beginning of the end of a political cycle. It is not yet at the end, it takes a year or more to reach the end ”.
“I think here are the first signs: tiredness, exhaustion, lack of patience, which then usually subsides. throwancia, intolerancia, feeling of impunity – which is a bit of what happened to Luís Filipe Vieira – which usually occurs when governments are at the end of their cycle. This is not new, it has already happened in the governments of António Guterres, José Sócrates ”, he pointed out.
Thus, “these are the first signs of the beginning of the end of the cycle for António Costa”, in the opinion of Marques Mendes, and that “if António Costa does not change, this is irreversible, and that wear only tends to get worse.” “One thing’s for sure: if he doesn’t change, I think he’s in danger of not completing his term.”.
However, according to the commentator, there are issues that aggravate the “fatigue” and “signs of exhaustion” of the head of Government, such as “have no majority”Since he still has three budgets to approve, the “Ana Gomes app” It’s in “succession” in PS.
The Portuguese presidency of the European Union “does nothing to help” the situation. “I have no doubt that it will turn out well there, but, normally, the presidencies give prestige there, but I wear it here, because a prime minister cannot help at all“and Costa “You don’t have a great government to help you”.
Marques Mendes concluded by saying “I have no doubt that this the next budget will still pass“but” probably a year from now it will be very difficult. ” “erosion of the social crisis” will contribute to ‘stay’.
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