Liberal Initiative (IL) accused PSD of "trying to buy Portuguese votes" and promoting an "electoral raffle" with the income tax cut proposal. The criticism arises in the context of a political debate between the two parties on fiscal matters.
A Liberal Initiative deputy began by defending that Portugal "is not ungovernable", but rather "unreformable", suggesting the country faces structural problems that have not been addressed by successive governments.
PSD's proposal to reduce income tax was interpreted by IL as an electoral measure, aimed at gaining supporters at the expense of genuine and sustained tax reform.
The debate between the two political forces highlights divergences on the economic and fiscal strategy to follow, with IL positioning itself critically against PSD measures it considers populist.
