Ventura proposes joint delegation to Montenegro to analyze labor legislation

Chega announced on Monday that it will propose to Prime Minister Luís Montenegro the creation of a joint delegation to analyze labor legislation, with the aim of advancing changes as early as September.

“I will propose, in fact I will do it today, I haven't done it yet, honestly, but I will do it today [Monday] to the Prime Minister (…) that we create a joint delegation to analyze changes to labor law so that, in September, this can be moved forward in a considered and, let's say, self-contained manner,” said the Chega leader, in Évora.

On the same occasion, the Chega president criticized some of the points contained in the government's draft labor law reform. "Chega will not accept the elimination or limitation of gestational mourning. That makes no sense. We have a demographic problem; we cannot continue to further punish mothers and further undermine the birth rate in our country," Ventura said.

Furthermore, the party guaranteed that: “We will not accept the end of gestational mourning — we will not allow any more attacks on Portuguese mothers.”

"The minister attacked the right to breastfeeding, and Chega will not stand for that. In a country with serious birth rate problems, we must not further penalize mothers and families," he emphasized.

It is worth remembering that on August 3rd, the Minister of Labor, Rosário da Palma Ramalho, said that: “It appears that children continue to be breastfed to give them a reduced schedule.”

Chega assured that "we are not here to block, but to build—we support the establishment of a joint delegation." "Don't count on us to harm Portuguese families. It makes no sense to maintain outdated laws from the 1970s. The conditions are ripe for new legislation in September. Unfortunately, we believe the Socialist Party will not accept any changes."