When questioned about President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s statements on Thursday regarding the conditions for governance following the May 18th elections, Paulo Raimundo emphasized that “governability is not worthwhile” without genuine stability, which he claimed had been lacking in recent years.
“If there’s one thing we know from the past years, it’s that there is no governance stability grounded in anything concrete. It must be based on the everyday life of people, otherwise, it’s hollow and eventually collapses—for one reason or another,” he stated.
Raimundo was speaking to journalists in Évora, following a public event, in response to Rebelo de Sousa’s remarks about his desire to appoint a government whose program is approved by parliament.
Paulo Raimundo stressed that “stability is essential,” but it should be the kind based on the stability of wages, pensions, access to housing, and healthcare.
“Without this kind of stability, no other type can endure. We can invent all kinds of stability we wish for, and we can form as many governments as we want, but if these governments do not advance policies that ensure stability in people’s lives, no governmental stability will hold,” he asserted.
Ironically, Raimundo agreed with Rebelo de Sousa, explaining that the CDU also desires a government “with stability to provide stability in people’s lives.”
“That’s what we are actively working towards,” he added.
