He says he opposes what he describes as primitive and dangerous agendas.

“A lot of messages and a lot of comments yesterday as well after my status about my positions. There is one thing I must tell you: I have been a socialist, I am a socialist and I remain a socialist. That does not mean that I have closed my eyes, shut my mouth and simply raised my hand. No, I cannot do that. So I am moving on to the second thing. A reaction against agendas, primitive agendas and dangerous agendas. I am trying today, tomorrow and in the days ahead to answer you one by one. The first is the political agenda.

The political agenda is evident, very clear and has nothing to do with policies, but is a purely political agenda. Not only because of what is already visible, the presence of political parties at the protest, even the presence of political parties at the head of the protest. The parliamentary candidates of small parties, whom no one recognized during the election campaign, whom no one listened to and whom no one voted for in the end, are right there and now they speak as organizers of the protest,” Braçe said.

He went on to argue that the protesters’ demands aim to delegitimize the electoral process, a development which, according to him, could become an ongoing precedent.

“What I heard was the resignation of the prime minister, the resignation of the government, but not only that, also the overthrow of legitimate majorities created by vote. Delegitimization of the electoral process. Delegitimization of an electoral process recognized worldwide and certified as such. Delegitimization that would then continue in series for every election. This story that you will resign, you are no longer the majority because people are in the square. You leave and the square chooses 101 people, representatives of the square, who choose ministers of a government that is supposed to be technical, which over the course of a year is not supposed to do anything according to them, but which I am supposed to vote for in Parliament, even though delegitimized by the square, not by the law, not by the Constitution, so I am supposed to vote for it, does not work. It will be repeated and repeated, and the country will pass not only into a breach of stability, but above all into chaos.

And do not forget, this country is negotiating with the EU to close the accession chapters, where the first is the fundamentals chapter, which includes everything that is being sought to be delegitimized through that scheme: the square, 101, and in the end they hold new elections that can be contested again. We have problems both with elections and with democracy, and we have pointed them out to the partners with whom we are negotiating, but this total overturning, not of the system, but of the democratic rules in the country, certainly brings chaos. This is an agenda that is not only primitive, but also dangerous,” Braçe said.

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