The PSD and PS reached an understanding this week to allow Chega to speak alone during the motion of censure to the Government, letting the party speak without the intervention of the other opposition parties. This decision was interpreted as a concerted strategy between the two main parties.
The real political arm-wrestling did not take place in Parliament, but rather between Belém and São Bento, representing respectively the Presidency of the Republic and the official residence of the Prime Minister. This tension symbolizes the confrontation between two spheres of the executive power.
The central figures of this conflict are Seguro and Montenegro. José Seguro, linked to the PS, and Luís Montenegro, leader of the PSD, represent the two parties that, despite having agreed on this specific issue, maintain a rivalry that manifests itself in this dynamic between the presidential palace and the prime minister's residence.
