Politics
Ventura
threatens to present a motion of censure if Montenegro does not fire Luís Neves
"What
is missing? Do we have a minister who is a kind of Al Capone?", asks the
leader of Chega, who says he does not want to "provoke a political
crisis", but demands "a minimum of ethics in the institutions".
David
Pereira
Published
to:
28 Aug
2026, 17:49
Updated
to:
28 Aug
2026, 17:53
André
Ventura threatened this Friday, August 28, to present a motion of censure on
the Government in parliament, next Tuesday, September 1, if Luís Neves remains
in the Government.
"We
don't want political crises, but the prime minister is embarrassing everyone on
the right, left and center. Yesterday, we saw new news about this, now of
illegal cars linked to drug traffickers. What is missing? Do we have a minister
who is a kind of Al Capone or something like that, who today has already killed
three or four people but that's how it is and the thing continues? We need to
have an ethical standard if we really want this to be taken seriously,"
the leader of Chega began by saying in statements to journalists on the
sidelines of a visit to the São João Social Center, in Coimbra.
If the
current Minister of Internal Affairs remains in the Government, Ventura's idea
is clear: "We will present a motion of censure on the 1st, in
parliament."
"Chega
does not want to provoke a political crisis. Chega wants a minimum of ethics in
the institutions. We want this situation of mud, mud, suspicion, crime and
collusion to be resolved. And there is only one person who can solve it,"
he said, targeting Luís Montenegro.
"The
prime minister has already let this drag on intolerably. The Minister of
Internal Affairs no longer has any authority. Thank God we didn't have such a
severe problem this year with the fires. The minister has no authority because
no one takes him seriously. This is a question of competence, but there are
other issues even more fundamental, which are of integrity. And the prime
minister seems to be without authority before this minister," he added,
stressing that even the President of the Republic, who has a "more
prudent" style, "has already come into play saying that this is
unacceptable".
Ventura
was referring to a news item this Friday in the newspaper Nascer do Sol, which
states that António José Seguro considers that the Minister of Internal Affairs
cannot be under permanent suspicion and that his continuity in the Government,
under these conditions, is unsustainable. According to the news, the head of
state has already communicated this conviction to the prime minister, who has
asked for time to resolve the situation, taking into account that we are in
fire season.
"If
the President of the Republic says that this is acceptable, if the country says
that it is unacceptable, the prime minister has to recognize that it is
unacceptable. If no one does anything and lets this continue to run without
consequences, this will fall into a quagmire," he continued, expressing
the desire not to have presented the motion of censure.
Ventura
also considers that there is "a deafening silence", stresses that
"this is a criminal thing, not just politics" and believes that one
should "avoid seeing a minister being burned on a low fire" during
the commission of inquiry.
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