The leader of Chega, André Ventura, was last night on CMTV, where he left a message for António José Seguro, former leader of the PS. During the intervention, Ventura recalled that Armando Vara left the Government by pressure from Jorge Sampaio, when he was President of the Republic.
Today, André Ventura presents in Parliament a motion of censure against the Government of Luís Montenegro, leader of the PSD and Prime Minister. This motion is one of the main political actions of the Chega party in the current governmental context.
The reference to Armando Vara arises in the context of a possible comparison or parallel that Ventura intends to establish between past political situations and the current political moment. Armando Vara was a member of the socialist Government who ended up leaving the executive due to pressure exerted by the President of the Republic at the time.
Ventura's message to Seguro seems to want to highlight that the departure of Government members by presidential pressure is not something new in Portuguese politics, establishing a connection between different moments in the recent political history of the country.
