Rent. Free criticises “absolutely cruel” government proposal

“ ANDi hope that this irreducible position of the Prime Minister of a government that governs in a minority, which does not have majority support in the Assembly of the Republic, will make the parties of the Assembly of the Republic realize that on the part of the Government there is no willingness to negotiate and, therefore, it will not be worth lowering the proposal without voting to the specialty as some of the parties are suggesting ", sustained Isabel Mendes Lopes.

The spokesperson for the Free spoke to journalists on the margins of a strike picket of the top diagnostic and therapeutic technicians of the ULS Amadora-Sintra, at the entrance of the Fernando Fonseca Hospital, and commented on the fact that Luís Montenegro said on Wednesday that he will take housing policy “to the end” without being “intimidated”.

The parliamentary leader also insisted on the criticism of the proposed government law, which will be debated this afternoon in the Assembly of the Republic. The PS has already announced the vote against but the Aquira has challenged the Government to allow the text to go down to committee without a vote, threatening to vote against it if it does not.

Isabel Mendes Lopes argued that the executive’s proposal “is absolutely cruel, especially at this time when the increase in the cost of living is weighing so much on people, in which we know that there are so many people who have difficulty even paying their rent because they receive late wages”.

She stressed that the government allows landlords to demand unlimited collateral, which she considered “surreal” and enhancer of discrimination situations.

“ And then, on the limit, it can generate this completely absurd situation of the people, by so many, asking for credit so that they can advance the security and advance these early rents to be able to rent a house. So none of this makes any sense at all”, he warned.

Isabel Mendes Lopes said that he hoped that the government’s proposal would be ‘roundly’ and considered that it is ‘ Parliament’s obligation to ensure support for people at this time when things are so difficult’.

About the protest of the superior diagnostic and therapeutic technicians of the ULS Amadora-Sintra, Isabel Mendes Lopes, who went to the site with the deputy of the Free Paulo Muacho, regretted that the union reached an agreement with the administration so that these workers could integrate the collective work agreement, which included the payment of retroactives, something that the Central Health System Administration (ACSS) blocked.

“ This has a perverse effect, especially in a hospital such as Amadora Sintra, which we know well the difficulties that the hospital faces, because it is a very overloaded hospital and, therefore, where there should be special care in the retention of professionals, in the valorization of careers ", warned.

The spokesperson defended the appreciation of professionals from the entire health sector and the inclusion of professionals “in the system management decisions themselves”, also considering that Portugal does not invest enough in preventing the disease.

“ The way we see that the National Health Service is treated by the government concerns us because they are often decisions that have consequences that are very difficult after being able to recover”, lamented.

Mendes Lopes recalled that this afternoon MEPs will also debate the parliamentary appreciation required by the left on the new INEM organic, considering that the amendment of statutes was made “in absentia” by the government and “without public scrutiny”.