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Portugal: Communists: We won’t join in with soft ‘socialists’
PORTUGAL’S communists reaffirmed their refusal to enter government with the centre-left Socialist Party (PS) yesterday, as the latest polls forecast a victory for the conservative coalition in tomorrow’s general election.
The PS is currently polling at 33 per cent, four points behind the Portugal Ahead (PaF) coalition of the conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Christian Democrats of the CDS-PP.
Speaking exclusively to the Star, Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) former parliamentary leader Bernardino Soares said the refusal was not simply a point of principle but also common sense.
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