Here in Portugal, fearless leader President Marcelo loves his newfound emergency-state-powers. He is a very busy man, running all over the place from meeting to meeting and then appearances on tv shows, cackling about although numbers having gone down, the lock down measures must be even more tightened, people are not allowed on the road, easter is cancelled. Never mind he is 72 years old, running loose in the community
Talking about controversies: 'Sitting in the ‘comfortable armchairs’ of Ms Ferreira’s studio, the PM said he couldn’t come up with a date for Portugal’s release from lockdown, or from this crisis. “We will come out of all this the much poorer and more fragile from the economic point of view”, but there is no other way to emerge – particularly at a time when so many elderly people are being released from old people’s homes back into the community as a way of reducing the risk of infections spreading too fast in the institutional context.
Following the party line 'We all have to knuckle down and ensure our behaviour doesn’t put anyone else at risk.' Hmmmm, really? Different rules for different teams, but what else is new?
We are fortunate to be in Algarve, relatively free (and empty) here.
Talking about controversies: 'Sitting in the ‘comfortable armchairs’ of Ms Ferreira’s studio, the PM said he couldn’t come up with a date for Portugal’s release from lockdown, or from this crisis. “We will come out of all this the much poorer and more fragile from the economic point of view”, but there is no other way to emerge – particularly at a time when so many elderly people are being released from old people’s homes back into the community as a way of reducing the risk of infections spreading too fast in the institutional context.
Following the party line 'We all have to knuckle down and ensure our behaviour doesn’t put anyone else at risk.' Hmmmm, really? Different rules for different teams, but what else is new?
Marcelo tweaks decree on State of Emergency as measures bite - Portugal Resident
Marcelo tweaks decree on State of Emergency as measures bite. As we went to press on Wednesday, the continuation of Portugal’s situation of lockdown was a certainty.
www.portugalresident.com
We are fortunate to be in Algarve, relatively free (and empty) here.