BE considers government support “crumbs eaten by the cost of living”

Jmanuel Purez reacted, in Moita, to the announcement of the executive aid package, arguing that support — such as bonuses for pensioners and reductions in the IRS — had already been previously released and represented “bricks” in the face of the economic crisis.

The Blokist leader considered that, between the first presentation of the measures by Luís Montenegro and its confirmation, the financial context was degraded, with the increase in interest rates by the European Central Bank and the steady worsening of fuel prices.

“ We have a speech to tell the country: I have nothing to give you, nothing to compensate you for what is an exponential rise in the cost of living. Everything the Prime Minister announced has already been eaten by inflation,” he said.

In Purity’s analysis, “the cost of living is suffered by those who have less and profit from those who have more”, while there are afflicted people “there are obscene profits that are being concentrated on large distribution, fuels, etc.”.

According to BE’s manager, the country faces a “stemous and full of itself” head of government, who chooses not to demand greater fiscal solidarity from economic groups with greater financial capacity.

The Prime Minister today defended the policy pursued by the Government to support fuel and increase the cost of living, refusing to exchange it for “a auction of uncoordinated and uncoordinated measures” that could “reissue tragedies”.