Less than a month ago, at the door of the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Lisbon, André Ventura played on the left side of the economy: after all, money “doesn’t multiply” and it is necessary “tax gas station profits”. Certain that it was a measure that “many will think is not right-wing”, the leader of Chega did not give up on his intention to tax the profits of that sector.
“The tax on gas station profits is a measure that many will think it is not right-wingnaturally, but I want to tell people that money doesn’t multiply or grow on trees”, André Ventura said at the time.
Tonight, however, in the debate in front of Rui Rocha on SIC Notícias, the leader of Chega was unable to identify its own measure. “It makes sense to say that André Ventura wants to tax gas stations, that is, the small and medium-sized gas stations that are in Portalegre and that fill up seven times a day”, recalled the liberal, not without being interrupted by Ventura who, he thought, would be to restore the truth. “You didn’t hear me say that”, replied Ventura, “I talked about the oil companies”.
It’s fake that André Ventura referred to the oil companies: it was in relation to the gas stations that Ventura said he wanted a tax 40%. Asked about the weight of the measure, Ventura argued that first the party wants to “create it and move forward with it to be able to study it”. Regarding values, he only had an “estimate” that he did not materialize.
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