gedscottish

[QUOTE=Ingles;9856053]I just had to post this as the working population is being screw'd into the ground with Overtime Cut's - Holiday Pay Cut's + Unemployment subsides also being cut, our beloved President Cavaco Silva stated yesterday that his Pension of 10.000€ per month is insufficient to cover his expenses !

[url]http://www.dn.pt/inicio/portugal/interior.aspx?c

This old fart really is a waste of oxygen never mind 10 grand a month! On cocomparisony wifes grandmother gets 220 euros per month... not enough to eat never mind anything else

Ingles

The real crack over this is

When he made this statement he said that he & his wife could not meet there outgoings on a Pension of 1.370.00€'s pm

But what he "omitted" to say was he also collects a Pension from his days as a Uni Lecturer & one from The Banco de Portugal
All these 3 Pension add up to over 10.000€'s pm

The Press & TV have really ripped into him & basically called him a liar & taken him to task over this statement for its insensitivty to others during these hard times ,Unions & Left Wing joined in as well as expected.

Other Pesioners from all walks of life have stated that they found his "crass" remarks insulting.
As the poster above quoted there are a good many Pensioners here trying to live on a Agriculture Pension of 220.00€'s pm.
His Face Book Page has been inundated with post all critizing him.

This is not the first time our beloved President has put his foot in his mouth & I doubt it will be the last

Ingles

He has really dropped his self in it because of this comment ,the clamour from the Press TV & general pubilic is growing by the day
A Public Petition has been started to try to remove him from the Presidency

http://peticaopublica.com/PeticaoVer...pi=P2012N19503

Please sign, I have he's a disgrace to the office he holds !

The PT Paper DN Economia ran a check on his Income in 2010 & found he declared 999.894.54 €'s
(this is all on Public Record)
+ The PCP have set up today a collection point outside his Offical Residence at Palácio Belem to try to raise a few €'s to help him & his wife thru the hard time there going thru

EsuriJohn

Is that €999 thousand 894 hundred and 54 cents?

Ingles

Yes Correct ,1 small mistake on my part ,it should read 95 cents
Please see link where I sourced the info.
The Petition reached over 26.000 signatures & has been passed on to Parliament obviously nothing will be done about this, but it shows the discontent the Public feel over his comment

http://www.dn.pt/inicio/economia/int...eccao=Dinheiro

Please NOTE :- Most Posters who have made comments have opted to remain "anonymous"
Could it be there worried about reprisals ?

Ingles

Well "joe public" have had there say 36.148 signatures on the Petition which as the number of 4.000 signatures is all that is need'd, this is 32.148 more than required to force Parliament to debate the subject of any Public Petition
Please Note :- This is a Portuguese Law
Personally I feel the outcome has never been in doubt
PT Parliament will do nowt!
To quote a phrase used here a lot "The Boy's look after The Boy's"

Ingles

(4 Holidays Cancelled - 2 Civil -2 Religious
15 August - 5 October - 1st December as to the fourth I have no idea as nothing has been published yet?)

The 3 Holidays quoted above where due to be Cancelled this year
I have just read in my paper DdN that now they will be Cancelled in 2012
As to the 4th holiday still no idea.

Ingles

From Algarve Daily News

http://www.algarvedailynews.com/news...tugal-managers

Last night on ALL TV News our illustrious PM Pedro Coelho informed the "working population" of Portugal the HE would not tolerate anybody
taking a "ponte" (day of) for Carnaval which takes place on 21st this month
There you have been told so you must go to work!!!

Ingles

Sorry DATE Wrong

mistygirl

Thanks for all the info guys keep it coming.

Ingles

"Last night on ALL TV News our illustrious PM Pedro Coelho informed the "working population" of Portugal the HE would not tolerate anybody
taking a "ponte" (day of) for Carnaval which takes place on 21st this month
There you have been told so you must go to work!!![/QUOTE]

The statement above has caused as expected a back lash from certain quaters,as 1.000s of people from all walks of life all over Portugal have for many months given up there week ends & evenings to build the floats & make the costumes used during Canaval which they will also partake in!
In this mornings PT Press the Camarãs of Lisboa - Porto - Caldas da Rainha & Grandola are quoted as they will "tolerate" persons taking the "ponte"
I fully expect other Camarãs will "tolerate" as well during the next few days.
To add to all this confusion you must remember that ALL the schools are closed for Canaval (21st) ,so who is going to look after the children.
There was a point made on TV the other night that each Holiday in Portugal cut's 665.000.000€ off of it's GNP
But on the other hand is it to much to ask during these hard times that joe public can have a day of so they can enjoy themsleves & have a dance & a laugh & few beers & generally let there hair down.
Personally I think not

gedscottish

Reading my own message again, I am left wondering what I was on about?! I'll blame it on the site

Ingles

Carnaval :- As more & more Cãmaras including a lot of PSD controlled Cãmaras make it known that they will "tolerate" people taking the day off for Canaval againts the direct order from our witless PM Pedro Coelho not to do so.
The Sectary General of PSD Miguel Relvas when asked on TV what the PSD thought of this , he replied "it's not important":

If it's not important why issue the order in the first place?

Hells teeth we are paying for this lot out off our tax's
I bet somebody want's to reply "I don't pay tax's"
We all pay at least one it's called IVA (VAT)

steppitoe

I am not sure but I think the directive is that you cannot take the Ponte, bridging day, not the holiday itself

Ingles

steppitoe : Normally you would be completely correct ,but in this case it has been a tradition for many many years that the tuesday Carnaval falls on to be a "unofficial" holiday therefore it's called a "ponte"

So far it's clear that over 70 Cãmaras are being "tolerant"
Mind you probaly as many are not!