Government sees “dating” between PS and Enough: “I don’t know if it ends in marriage”

Amr Leitão Amaro made these statements at a press conference at the end of the Council of Ministers and first warned journalists that he did not follow in detail the parliamentary debate scheduled by the Aquis to reduce fuel VAT.

“ But I have a feeling there's been a relationship and an open negotiation between the ER and Enough. I don’t know if this relationship will end in marriage, but it was visible to everyone,” the President’s portfolio holder maintained.

According to the executive member, “in the midst of parliamentary rhetoric, which may have been harder, it was visible to everyone as one and the other [Enough and PS] threw themselves into each other’s arms, signaling that they wanted to get married”.

Then he made an indirect reference to the former Minister of Finance and former Governor of Banco de Portugal Mário Centeno, regarding the measures proposed by the PS in the area of taxation.

“People with experience, including in the PS, have already explained that they are very foolish and wrong measures, which have no effect to protect the Portuguese from rising cost of living. On the contrary, they can call into question something that is so precious to the Portuguese: the balance of public accounts ", completed.

The Minister of the Presidency then argued that his executive takes “measures that are always based on the commitment that the Portuguese demand to balance the accounts”.

“We do not want to be those who lead to new imbalances and rescues of bad memory. Let us hope that this will and this relationship between PS and Enough, this open negotiation, does not materialize in results. Results that would not help the Portuguese and would call public accounts into question,” he added.