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The unregistered deputy Cristina Rodrigues announced this Monday that she will abstain from voting on the majority of the 2021 State Budget proposal, which mathematically guarantees the viability of the document. It should be remembered that, in addition to the favorable vote of the 108 deputies of the PS, the PCP and the PAN announced that they will abstain, the also unregistered Joacine Katar Moreira says that she is undecided between approval and abstention, and the PEV must also announce that abstains, so the maximum number of votes against, among PSD, Left Bloc, CDS, Liberal Initiative and Chega does not exceed 105 and would never supplant the socialists even in the highly unlikely scenario in which the “Greens” they decided to vote against.
The abstention announcement was made in a statement by the former PAN deputy, justifying the viability in general with the opinion that the State Budget “has good things and tries to respond as much as possible to the needs created by the pandemic caused by the Covid-19 “. . Despite this, Cristina Rodrigues admits that the document “maintains weaknesses in areas that existed before and that are now more accentuated, as is the case of culture, environment and animal welfare policies.”
The orientation to the vote in the final global vote remains open, and Cristina Rodrigues pointed out that she has already presented a set of proposals to the António Costa Executive, including the possible implementation of an unconditional basic income project, a pilot project for the opening of maternity wards, creation of the figure of the psychologist at work and tax forgiveness or debt negotiation for the period of the pandemic without penalties for professionals in the cultural sector.
“This Budget only seems to publicize companion animals, keeping wild animals or animals used for livestock in oblivion, in addition to even with regard to companion animals, although it is positive that there is an increase in value aimed at improving animal collection centers, the value of sterilizations is clearly insufficient. Worse still, the discrepancy between one value and the other shows that there is still a commitment to a system of ‘deposit’ of animals when what must be done is to reduce the number of births ”, adds the unregistered deputy.
The debate on the State Budgets for 2021 is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in Parliament, being voted, in general, that last day. Once approved, guaranteed even before the ENP was issued, discussion, negotiation and voting on the specialty follows, with the final global vote scheduled for November 26.
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