Inês Sousa Real: Only Government “more committed” to the environment will have support from the PAN

The PAN spokeswoman, Inês de Sousa Real, said this Saturday that the party that tries to form a government after the legislative elections will have to be “more ambitious and committed” to the environment to “captivate” your support.

In a campaign action in which she met with elements of two movements that demand the depollution of the Ferreira river, in the municipality of Paredes, in the district of Porto, the leader of the PAN was questioned by journalists about what changed after the “blink of an eye” by the secretary general of the PS, António Costa.

“It changes absolutely nothing”, he replied, stressing that “the PAN’s first commitment is to the causes” it defends.

The door PAN spokesperson warned, however, that the party that is “in a position to make a government viable will have to be more ambitious and committed to combating climate change” and to “the recovery of natural life” in the country.

“We will have to see which political force is in a position, not only to form a government, but to approach what is a 21st century agenda, a progressive and environmentalist agenda, which is also concerned with human rights”, he warned.

Sousa Real welcomed the “approach of other political forces” to the ideas of his party, hoping that the approximation of parties to the PAN proposals ” don’t just wave the flag in a mere electoral campaign”.

Accompanied by the deputy and head of the list for the Porto circle in the next legislatives, Bebiana Cunha, the PAN leader stressed that his party is “dialogue” and that, after the legislative, it will be available to “build bridges of dialogue”.

However, he noted, the PAN wants to “make its measures”, so the party will have to “sit at the table and understand what the red lines exist” with the parties in a position to form a government and what “commitments they are willing to make”.

Sousa Real recalled that in the crisis that gave rise to the anticipated legislation “the PAN did not resign from being responsible”, considering that “the country did not want financial and political instability on top of a health and economic crisis”.

“We were available for the budget to be discussed in the specialty and so that, today, we had a budget that could provide answers to the people and the country”, he said, regretting that the country is now being managed “in twelfths”.

Regarding polluted rivers, the PAN spokeswoman defended as an “essential measure” the functions of gu arda-rios, nature watchdogs and environmental health technicians to “ensure greater inspection” and “monitoring of discharges”.

“This river is one of the examples of what has been a crime against humanity”, he pointed out, recalling that the PAN tried to include the crime of ecocide in the Penal Code, but the parliament rejected the proposal.

On the Ferreira River, “there is no life” and “the nauseating smells enter people’s homes through the door”, he warned, indicating that the PAN has already questioned the Government and the city council about the situation.

The PAN spokeswoman stressed that there is “a WWTP which is not in operation and which cost another five million euros of Community funds and was not even put into operation”.