CFP criticises government against fuel and reiterates price fixing

Paulo Raimundo, who visited the Iminente festival in Lisbon, considered, in statements to journalists, that the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, should “take a DNA test” stating that he is already a father of “ austerity”.

“ I think it was best for you to take a DNA test, because in fact he is already the father of all this, of austerity, of providing for our lives, of increasing the cost of living,” he said.

Paulo Raimundo also said that oil and distribution companies are increasingly profiting from the “disgrace of people” and that Montenegro is responsible for not safeguarding people’s living conditions.

“The Prime Minister is responsible for the lives of all of us and, therefore, if he does nothing, as he is not doing, he becomes responsible for it (...) the galp’s of this country continue to concentrate historical profits, never seen, now, of the two, three, or if he attacks it, or the rest is all talk”, said the Secretary-General.

“ The central issue is that we are facing historical profits and there is someone, someone in this country, a few in this country, who are filling, filling and concentrating wealth at the expense of the misfortune of thousands of people,” he added.

Paul Raimundo also stated that the government is profiting from the war (in Iran). “The government continues to beat its feet saying that it is not profiting from the war (...) the government is profiting from the war,” he said.

The fundamental issue is to stop these profits, to stop these profits that are astronomical, to make these profits have consequences on the lives of each of us, to improve our lives and stop the war,” he added.

The Secretary-General of the CFP also accused the executive of wanting to safeguard the profits of economic groups. “What is being safeguarded is the profits of Galp, the profits of banking, the profits of large distribution. That is what is being safeguarded, the rest is talk”.

For the State Budget (OE) Raimundo stated that this is an instrument of the government and that the party contests, criticizing even those who agree with the “rumo” of executive policies.

“The State Budget is an instrument of government policy, now, if the government’s policy is the one we dispute, a national disgrace (...) if the State Budget is an instrument of this policy, we cannot follow, moreover, even criticise those who will follow it,” the Secretary-General reiterated.