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The mayor of Almada said Wednesday that her statements about Bairro Amarelo responded to a question from the Bloco de Esquerda (BE), considering that they were out of context due to the “proximity of the elections.”
“I know that with the approaching local elections, the temptation to systematically decontextualize statements that are answers to specific questions or interpellations is great, and from there draw conclusions that in no way correspond to the initial meaning of the words, “said Inês de Medeiros (PS), in a publication published in your page. from Facebook.
I am well aware that, as the municipal elections approach, the temptation to systematically decontextualize statements that …
Posted by Inês de Medeiros on Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The mayor has been in the center of controversy and criticism for having stated in a council on Monday that he would not mind going to live in Bairro Amarelo, located in the municipality, in the Setúbal district, due to the “wonderful view.”
The president of Almada guarantees that he would not mind living in one of the social neighborhoods: he has “an enviable view”
However, Inês de Medeiros published a video with this moment and pointed out that “the question of the location of some of the social neighborhoods of Almada arises in response to the direct interpretation made by BE”, which said: “We are expecting projects aimed at the people and who are also in beautiful places, which are not ghettos ”.
In this sense, The president also guaranteed that “nothing that was discussed minimizes the concern” from Câmara de Almada on the “social situation in some of these neighborhoods”, where there is precarious housing.
The situation became more visible after the deputy and councilor of the BE in Almada, Joana Mortágua, shared the extract of a video in Twitter with the statement of Inês de Medeiros, also criticizing the approval of a five-star hotel in Porto Brandão, in Almada.
The mayor of Almada thinks that the residents of the social neighborhoods are privileged by the “view-river” and even says that she did not mind moving to Bairro Amarelo. This while justifying the approval of a 5-star hotel in Porto Brandão. Any comment is redundant pic.twitter.com/2BVonPw4Kn
– Joana Mortágua (@JoanaMortagua) September 22, 2020
The Lusa agency tried to contact Inês de Medeiros and Joana Mortágua, but so far it has not been possible to obtain a statement.
Speaking to Lusa, PSD councilor Nuno Matias, responsible for Green Spaces, Environment and Energy, also agreed that it is a “statement out of context in a set of statements made at a chamber meeting.”
I think that the issue of the hearing has been decontextualized because whoever listens to the words of the president and the meeting [pode ver que] There were even other proposals and questions from other mayors ”, he defended.
Even so, Nuno Matias, who is also president of the PSD of Almada, stressed that, for the party, “the most important thing is not the view, but the living conditions of these people.”
“The important thing is not the view because it cannot be re-qualified, it is the work that must be done on the side of the central administration, or the council, so that the neighborhoods have a real re-qualification plan that can give more dignity to the life of these people, “he emphasized.
In this sense, Nuno Matias indicated that in recent months “there were Work was done to create a regulation for the allocation of special housing, in the identification of fires to requalify and within the scope of the 1st Law program, for the development of a housing construction program in Almada ”.
The communist councilor Joaquim Judas, on the other hand, told Lusa that it was a statement “without considering exactly what interpretations.”
The mayor is known for her sometimes frivolous statements, which mix a certain populism with some authoritarian attitudes that also characterize her. She is in the same line as a few years ago, saying that living in Campo de Ourique she always came to the Câmara de Almada de Cacilheiro, but, as experience has shown, it had neither head nor tail ”, she commented.
In that sense, he indicated that the PCP “did not value” this statement, inserting it “in the style and manner of being of the president.”
Joaquim Judas on Inês de Medeiros and Bairro Amarelo: “The statement was populist and frivolous. You are subject to ridicule “
“At this moment, our desire and what we have been working on, even in the opposition, is to maintain a strong intervention in the housing area, responding to the needs of the people and taking advantage of what the new framework is,” he said.
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