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Rui Rio and Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos wasted no time. Minutes later, António Costa said, at this Saturday’s press conference, that the law prevents the postponement of the PCP congress, scheduled for next weekend. On Twitter, the PSD leader defended that the prime minister is “protecting the PCP” and does not treat “the Portuguese equally.” The Christian Democrat went further and accused António Costa of “lack of shame.”
“The Government does not want to treat all Portuguese equally. Law 44/86, which Mr. PM invokes to protect the PCP, does not say that the congress cannot be postponed, much less prohibits the Government from determining that it should be done by videoconference. He doesn’t do it because he doesn’t want to, ”Rio wrote on Twitter.
The government does not want to treat all Portuguese equally.
Law 44/86, which Mr. PM invokes to protect the PCP, does not say that the congress cannot be postponed, much less prohibits the Government from determining that it should be done by videoconference.
He doesn’t do it because he doesn’t want to. pic.twitter.com/R7iw6RVJzw– Rui Rio (@RuiRioPSD) November 21, 2020
In a note sent to the press, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos did not skimp on adjectives. “According to António Costa, the Law does not allow canceling the PCP congress. But the law allows you to cancel trips, close deals and confine people to your home. All freedoms are infinitely less important to the country than a PCP congress. Political activity is not suspended. Neither does the lack of shame and respect for the Portuguese ”, accuses the Christian Democrat.
The PCP congress naturally ended by marking the press conference this Saturday. The prime minister relied on the state of emergency law, passed in 1986, which says that “meetings of the statutory bodies of political parties, trade unions and professional associations shall not be prohibited, dissolved or subject to prior authorization in any case” . “I must act within the limits of the law. We are a rule of law, “he continued. Despite the insistence, the prime minister never said what he thought of the congress, only that, as prime minister, he “respected” the decision of each party.
Chega, who had a national council scheduled for November 29, the same weekend that the PCP congress is held, ended up backtracking and decided to postpone the meeting of the party’s highest body between congresses.
In a note sent to the editorial offices, André Ventura’s party affirms that if the national council stays “it would be a lack of respect for the millions of Portuguese who are forced to stay at home.”
Chega ends the note with a challenge for the PCP to follow the “example” and give “proof of respect to all Portuguese and, in particular, to those who suffer the most because they are forced to close their business, thus placing, in question their survival ”.
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