Jerónimo attacks Rio’s “arrogance” for wanting to “ban” Congress

ORm day after the president of the PSD they have told TVI that, if he were prime minister, he would prevent the communist meeting, due to the pandemic from COVID-19-19, Jerónimo de Sousa returned criticism and accusations and recorded the “throwancia Rui Rio in relation to PCP, saying he banned the congress. “

“It was a pity not to explain how. If it were to quarantine the Constitution, if it were to accept, passively, that together with the worsening in the social, labor and economic sphere, we must also add this fundamental principle of the exercise of freedoms. It is a Dangerous path”. Jerónimo de Sousa said in an interview with the Lusa agency, which will be everything not sunday.

In the interview, the leader of the communists gave a possible explanation to these criticisms of PCP, “taking into account the internal situation [o PSD] Is living “.

“Try shooting to the side as a maneuver distraction, since it has great responsibilities in which a sector of the extreme right, at this moment, is being the center of the right “, he affirmed, without ever mentioning directly Enough.

In this context, he added, CDS is having “a supporting role, or less than that” and also the PSD, “A party with that dimension, for the moment lost that center of the right, turning to that party of the extreme right.”

This comment came after criticizing some of the measures adopted on the part of the Government to contain the epidemic outbreak, which has had social, labor and economic consequences, and warned that rights, freedoms and guarantees, and even political rights, such as those that allow the holding of the congress, should not be endangered.

In the interview with TVI, the leader of PSD It was asked about the possibility of preventing the Congress of PCP, if he were Head of Government, and referred the solution of a possible conflict to the Prime Minister, António Costa, and to the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

In his reply, Rio stated that “obviously” he would try to impede the congress, adding that “the government is saying that the rules are the same for everyone, except for the PCP“which” can lead to something very dangerous, which is that people lose respect for the Government. “

The state of emergency regime stipulates that “meetings of organs The statutory rights of political parties, unions and professional associations will in no case be prohibited, dissolved or subject to prior authorization “.

Rui Rio made a new criticism of the communists, accusing the PCP be “arrogant, in an attitude of doing and doing”.

“The one who has to arbitrate this is the Government and the President of the Republic,” he concluded.

Portugal accounts for at least 3,701 deaths associated with COVID-19-19 out of 243,009 confirmed cases of infection, according to the latest AddressGeneral Health (DGS).

The country has been in a state of emergency since 9 November and until 23 November, period during which there is a mandatory curfew in counties with the highest risk of contagion and neighboring municipalities. The measure covers 191 counties.

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