For the people, “the parties do not correspond to reality,” says Rui … – PT Journal

The Independent that won the Council of Porto returned to leave a warning to party movements: “The citizens feel that the parties somehow do not correspond to reality.” Rui Moreira, parties are rejected because they “did not care about the problems.”

In the last local government, the then independent candidate Rui Moreira surprised to win the second municipality in the country. More than a year after the election, the mayor of Porto returned to leave a warning to party movements.

“The citizens feel that the parties somehow do not correspond to reality, and this is a problem that parties will have to solve, “the mayor said during a debate on the reform of the political system.

According to Rui Moreira, citizens deviate increasingly partisan because these structures in general understanding, are more concerned with their own interests than in solving the problems of the citizens.

“There is a rejection of parties because they did not care about their problems,” stressed the mayor of Porto.

With the advance of democratic participation, according to the thinking of Rui Moreira, voters were realizing that the real decision-making power is not within the parties and they also do not ensure the representation of civil will.

The blame, according to the mayor of Porto, is the parties themselves mainly by how choose representatives.

“First, they created a system of exclusivity, then a Excessive model incompatibilities and moreover wanted to pay to whom evil is subjected to this regime, “defended the mayor.

The consequences for Rui Moreira, was the removal of qualified people and a general impoverishment of frames supporters.

Hence, the National Assembly, according to Porto mayor, does not represent a multifaceted society, rather than what was anticipated when the constitution thereof.

The intervention of Rui Moreira was the most critical in debate held at the Institute of National Defense, where Aguiar-Branco (Minister of Defence), António Vitorino, Nuno Morais Sarmento and Fatima Boniface also participated.