Camps: politicians cannot show fear of acting

This transcription was automatically generated by Artificial Intelligence and may contain errors or inaccuracies. This is the Good, the Bad and the Villain of the 360 mornings, always with Miguel Pinheiro. Speak, Miguel. Good morning, good week. Good morning. Good morning. Who is your good of today? The good is Luís Montenegro, because this weekend we had activist protests about housing in Lisbon and Porto, and we had a demonstration by the CGTP that tried to catch the momentum of what was happening in the two main cities of the country. But in this demonstration there was a person who was interviewed by CNN Portugal and whom I imagine Luís Montenegro would love to meet and perhaps, who knows, award. Because the journalist asked the demonstrator if she had bought a house or paid a rent, that was what was at stake there in the demonstration, and the answer was this, I will quote: "I was lucky to have a family situation that allowed me to buy a house and put in a down payment and also have the government's support. It must have been one of the few things she did." And the journalist was even surprised and said: "Ah, did you manage to buy a house with tax aid?" And the answer was: "Yes, with tax aid and family help." Therefore, apparently, the government's policies are running so well that they even help the CGTP demonstrators to buy a house. I think Luís Montenegro must always be putting things behind in the box. Yes, he must be isolating that little video, to make it last in memory later. Surely. Your bad is Pedro Duarte. Yes, because after saying that he would be absolutely relentless with any attempt to put up tents in Praça Dom João I, the Mayor of Porto began to back down very quickly. Yesterday Pedro Duarte said this: "On Thursday, my office contacted the organizers of the demonstration, in order for us to hold a meeting to discuss the housing problem and the invitation remains." And then he added, full of fear of bothering the activists, he said this: "We are waiting, we have not had any response, but I also do not want to criticize anyone with this, because that is when they will understand. Therefore, the doors of the City Hall are open for that purpose." The doors of the City Hall are open for when they understand, it could be at three in the morning, the activists go there to present their demands, with such a basis. They have so much popular support that the doors of the City Hall are open. Now, obviously, the activists immediately understood that the mayor was feeling in a position of fragility and therefore they took advantage and said that if they want to talk, Pedro Duarte must send an invitation through public channels. And then they still decided, of course, in a popular assembly, that he should: one, show up in Praça Dom João I. It is not the activists who will have to go to the City Hall now. No, the subject will go where the power is, it is not the other way around now. And two, Pedro Duarte should be accompanied by a consensual moderator, because obviously, these politicians are not to be trusted. Therefore, bring a consensual moderator, because there are no such conversations here without witnesses. In Lisbon, the tents, at least at the time we are talking, are also maintained. And it seems to me that the politicians still do not understand that they cannot show fear of acting. This only makes the problem worse. And they are also forgetting that there are many people who, when they disagree with the authorities, do not set up tents in a square. There are many people who do not do this. But if from now on things work this way, then maybe we will go in a different direction. People will learn: if they want to be heard, occupy squares and set up tents. We can have an armed tent, basically. Very well, Paulo. It is a good message. I will let grace breathe a little. Very well. I will copy this. Miguel, your villain also has to do with this topic. It has to do with the topic of housing and it has to do with the topic of politicians with fear, because the villain is André Ventura. After backing down on the labor package, he backs down now on the rental law. The leader of Chega made, as you know, a pre-agreement with the PSD to approve the changes to the rental law, but yesterday André Ventura gave a press conference threatening to scrap the law. According to him, after all, the legislation that the PSD intends to approve allows for the brutal increase of rents and evictions in the country and will make Portugal have a wild market. And there is no doubt, André Ventura is very scared. Enough to say buh, he is full of fear. But at the same time the matter is resolved, because Chega will present an emergency legislative package for housing. Yes, and I think that if we apply the measures defended by the popular assemblies, then it is fully resolved. Look, we will all need a lot of tents. There is no doubt. Miguel, you still have an explanation to make this morning. Look, yes, madam. There are days I put Mário Mourão as the villain, because the leader of the UGT gave an interview to Renascença and Público, where he lamented what he said about the serenity regarding the way we view issues in Portugal. And then I also criticized him for saying this: "It's good that in Spain, in France, people go to the streets. In Portugal, there is still no such culture." And since Mário Mourão could be distracted, I said the following: perhaps it is useful to point out to Mário Mourão that in France, for example, which he admires so much, there were burned buildings, there was throwing of pyrotechnics at the police, there was violence against teachers. Mário Mourão did not like it and therefore, attention, he said this, just so there is no doubt, but he sent the following clarification that I will read. It is a little long, but I think it is worth it. Let me just warn you that whenever he refers to me, Mário Mourão writes journalist in quotes. Okay? So people don't think I am really a journalist. So here it is: "the 'journalist' author of that space, continuing his campaign in favor of the far-right," therefore, this is me, the journalist in quotes, who campaigns for the far-right, "decontextualized my statement," Mário Mourão says, "in an interview with Radio Renascença and Público, according to which, I quote: 'It's good that in Spain and in France people go to the streets. In Portugal there is still no such culture.' That 'journalist', in a grotesque attempt to harm my good name and the elevation that has guided my union path, intended to connect my statement with any hypothetical support I have for the violence introduced in student demonstrations in France and in protests regarding the lack of housing in Spain by far-right groups, in order to discredit the causes of that revolt and those who defend them." Open parenthesis. Mário Mourão thinks, at least here, that the violence in France and Spain was not from the far-left, but from the far-right. Close parenthesis. "The undeniable truth is that I follow and fully agree with the just aspirations and popular demonstrations that demand better living conditions for citizens and families, especially regarding the valuing of salaries, the right to decent housing and a quality public education system." Hold on, calm down, this is almost done. "The undeniable truth is that I reject, in an unequivocal and definitive way, any type of violence, acts of vandalism or disturbances that distort the civic and peaceful sense of the social protest." Open parenthesis. Thankfully, Mário Mourão, we are all more relieved. Close parenthesis. "The students who participate in the demonstrations in France and the citizens present in the protests for housing in Spain are not extremists. Extremists are the far-right and far-left groups, which have insidiously introduced themselves into them with the aim of provoking social chaos." Open parenthesis. After all, there were also far-left groups. Up there was only the far-right, here there is also the far-left. Close parenthesis. "In this context, the violence introduced in the demonstrations is not of student origin, it is pure and simple a case of police." Open parenthesis another time. In fact, according to the data from the French Ministry of Justice, almost 7 thousand minors were detained, who represent more than 80% of those detained. And at the beginning it was said: "My God, they are detaining minors, it is fascism", but in the end they are no longer students. Anyway, close parenthesis. It is almost over. "The defense of the rights of citizens, especially of workers, is done by the force of arguments, by conscious mobilization and democratic exercise, never through violence, as practiced by the extremists whom that 'journalist' echoes." It is me again. Here I am appearing again. "The structural resolution of the country's problems requires the constant search for solutions and serious compromises, privileging the legitimate space of social concertation as an essential forum to reach agreements that serve the national interest and social progress." It is almost over. "Agreements and no violence, dialogue and no vandalism, negotiations and no disturbances. These have always been, are and will be my goals, no matter how much this costs the far-right so loved by..." They already guessed. "To that 'journalist'. Throughout my life I have actively participated in countless demonstrations and union struggles, always guiding my conduct by the intransigent defense of social peace, never having occurred, in any of these occasions, any type of incident or acts of violence. Finally, no matter how much that 'journalist' strives, it will never stop me from continuing to fight for a fairer, more cohesive, and developed Portugal, always in strict respect for democratic principles and legality." And so Mário Mourão spoke. I will not say anything more, besides, I think everyone has seen the images from this weekend in France. I think things became very clear and here is the clarification. Mário Mourão did not ask me to read this, but I think for the sake of our listeners, he should have done so. It is very clear that the blame is yours, all this in France and Spain. As always, Paulo. I have been used to this for decades.