During the tour through the district of Lisbon under the “Route for Cohesion and Valuing People,” José Luís Carneiro met with the president of the National Monitoring Commission of the PRR (Recovery and Resilience Plan). After the meeting, he spoke to journalists and criticized the Government’s management of this dossier.
“What the Portuguese need to know is that this Government, without consulting anyone, mobilized over 800 million euros to deposit in the Development Bank, pulling these resources from private social solidarity institutions and mercies. They were taken particularly from sectors and areas critical to social care, home care, continuous care, and palliative care,” he condemned.
The PS secretary-general considers “this is incomprehensible.” By placing this money in the Development Bank, the same scrutiny and political priority regarding the country’s needs are not guaranteed, he argued.
“We learned that since the previous Government left office, since 2023, the Interministerial Commission that was supposed to monitor the execution of the Recovery and Resilience Plan, validate investment priorities, and determine the areas where resources could be mobilized in case of inability to execute certain development areas, has not been meeting,” he further criticized.
Carneiro also expressed concern about the “risk” of “possible incomplete construction of equipment without institutions being able to ensure its final execution.”
“And, worse, there may even be financial and contractual liability on the part of these institutions and their leaders,” he warned.
According to the socialist leader, it was conveyed in this meeting that “there may be hundreds of buildings intended for health, housing, and social protection that may be left behind,” meaning “they may be half-built and half not built.”
“This is very serious and demands explanations from the Government. The Socialist Party Parliamentary Group will certainly question the Government, demanding explanations about these crucial matters for our collective life and, worse, for the financial and contractual responsibility of the thousands of institution leaders who relied on the State’s good faith,” he assured.
