In the usual SIC political space, Luis Marquez Mendes this Sunday felt that last week’s events between the government and ordinary parliamentary partners upset the balance of state budget approval. Marquez Mendes says that at the moment “60% chance to turn on OE and 40% chance to lead” it is necessary that rationality overcome irrationality in order for the budget to become viable. Marquez Mendes claims that amid leadership and political crisis, “it was suicide” of the communists and blockists.

“Most Portuguese, whether they like the government or not, want stability. remained [PCP e BE] responsible for a highly unpopular crisis… And for the overthrow of the left government. They could pay big bills like in PEC4. At the moment, no Portuguese language wants a crisis, ”said the political observer, believing that adding a political crisis to the current socio-economic situation“ was the perfect storm. ”

And the changes in labor legislation, which the left demands, can bring problems to Kostya in Europe. Luis Márquez Mendes gave the example of Spain, which still has not approved a recovery and resilience plan. The political observer says Brussels is demanding that Spain amend its labor law, and that the same could happen in Portugal if there were changes to the “central core of labor law”.

Apart from the political crisis and the corresponding scenarios for the approval or adoption of the state budget, Marquez Mendes also commented on the release of Armando Var, who was released from prison last Monday. Marquez Mendes says Vara “benefited from an exceptional law that should have already been repealed.”

Vara was released under a regime of exceptional flexibility in the execution of Covid-19 sentences, which Marquez Mendes said no longer makes sense.

“The government and the deputies did not do what they were supposed to do. Shame for justice because of politicians, ”says Marquez Mendes.

The inner life of the SDP also deserved the reflection of Marquez Mendes, who says that Rio “made a mistake and suffered a heavy defeat” in an attempt to “stay in place.” In just a few weeks, he went from being a winner in local government to being defeated within the party, he thought, noting that since Rangel’s candidacy became the script, Rio has “shown several signs of indecision and fear.”

Marquez Mendes says the SDP is “politically tired” and that “the SDP militants and voters are tired of Rui Rio.” “They are tired of Rio’s style and of his hateful performances. That is why Rio hesitates and shows signs of fear: he feels that he no longer has the support that he had, ”he said.

On the other hand, with the nomination of Paulo Rangel, Marquez Mendes says that the candidate “is in better conditions than anyone else to unite the party.” He says the candidate has three very strong political advantages: the ability to rally around his leadership, the quality of political thought, and the way to resist him.