Polemic with MAI? “We cannot continue to live this instability”

O secretary-General of the Socialist Party (PS), José Luís Carneiro, described the situation of the Minister of Internal Administration as “unsustainable”, arguing that Luís Neves is not able to continue in office.

José Luís Carneiro addressed the latest controversy involving the Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, in a rTP interviewtuesday night.

The socialist described the situation as “unsustainable”, reinforcing that Luís Neves is unable to continue in office.

“ If this situation of instability persists, I do not see how the Prime Minister can make a decision other than that of a refurbishment of the Ministry of Internal Administration,” he pointed out, noting that “we cannot continue to live this permanent instability in one of the most important ministries.”. 

José Luís Carneiro also stressed that the facts reported by the Secretary-General of the Exonerated MAI are “serious and deserve a thorough and eventual clearance of responsibilities”.

It should be noted that the PS asked on Tuesday for an urgent parliamentary hearing by the Minister of the Interior and the former Secretary-General of the Internal Administration to clarify “the basis of the decision” of the ruler to dismiss Ricardo Carrilho and questions raised about the SIRESP.

“The PS will not be at the root of any political crisis”

In the same interview, and when asked why to admit the State Budget when he did not know it in its entirety, José Luís Carneiro pointed out that Montenegro met the demands made by the PS. 

“The first requirement is to ensure that the revision of the Constitution will be made with the PS and the two founding parties of democracy will be the guarantor of the defense of constitutional values,” he explained, adding also the non-change of the pension regime, the financing for the post-PRR investments that are to be completed and the response to municipalities and families affected by the storms at the beginning of the year. 

“ These are the questions I asked. When the Prime Minister publicly assumed to want to meet all these commitments, I felt that he should take this position,” he said. 

The leader of the PS also said he will propose “to the organs of the PS the abstention”. “But let’s look at the budget. The budget has been delivered, we are analyzing it and we will bring to the specialty several proposals, namely, regarding what has to do with the cost of living, with health, with housing, with wages and with the tax regime ", stressed. 

Regarding the abstention, José Luís Carneiro said that “the PS will not be at the origin of any political crisis”. As for the proposals that will be brought by the party to the specialty, he stressed that “they will be sustainable from a budgetary point of view”.