The Government created a working group to study the sustainability of Social Security in Portugal. The group concluded, without surprise to the author, that the system is in deficit. The author questions this conclusion, arguing that reality does not confirm this diagnosis.
The author justifies his skepticism with the profile of the people chosen to join the working group. In particular, he highlights the coordinator, who has always publicly advocated the position that the system is in deficit. This choice raises doubts about the impartiality of the conclusions.
The author criticizes what he considers a non-transparent approach by the Government on this matter. The way the Executive presented the working group's conclusions is described as misleading, suggesting that there are political motivations behind this narrative about the need to reform the system. The article leaves the sentence unfinished, referring to a Government action that would be described as "in a cunning manner."
