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The former leader of the PSD, Luís Marques Mendes, said this Sunday in his weekly comment in the SIC that the big winner of the solution of the right-wing government in the Azores is Chega. Marques Mendes considers that “Euromillions got out of politics Chega and that this Azorean solution is a “way for Chega to grow” and a “passport for the PSD to lose votes to moderate voters in the center.” The fact that it is perceived, although in reality it does not happen, that there may be a national agreement “poisons the PSD”, citing what Pacheco Pereira had already said.
Regarding the pandemic, Marques Mendes says that the renewal of the state of emergency is inevitable, which will be proposed by the President on the 19th and approved by Parliament on the 20th. The commentator says that it is “obvious“what these”The lockdown on weekends will not continue for a political reason.“: For the Congress of the PCP, which takes place the last weekend of the month. Marques Mendes thus believes that the Government will not impose this confinement “to avoid the idea that there are two weights and two measures. “In other words: the closure after 1 in the afternoon, according to Marques Mendes, will apply only next weekend. Regarding the PCP not postponing Congress, the former PSD leader says that by not postponing Congress the PCP “set a bad example and pay a price for it“.
Regarding the management of the pandemic, Marques Mendes says that the “Government is very alone”, since “there is no great consensus that existed in the first wave.” The former PSD leader assures that “there is a lack of political leadership” and that “the government was almost perfect in the first wave,” but “now, it has failed in several days.” The political commentator says that “there is no government decision that is not late and insufficient.”
Luís Marques Mendes anticipates, however, that “if all goes well, the Covid-19 vaccine will arrive in Portugal at the end of January or next February”. When they arrive, says the former Social Democratic leader, “you have to pay attention to vaccination priorities: health professionals, the elderly and risk groups.” And he adds: “If all goes well, by the end of 2021 we will be able to achieve general immunity for the population.”
