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The Socialist Party split almost in the middle at the time of the vote of the proposal of the own commission which advocated the reduction of VAT on the bullfights. Nevertheless, the socialist proposal was approved with the favorable votes of the PSD, the CDS, the PCP and 43 members of the PS. The other 40 (out of the 84 registered voters) got up, the President of the Assembly of the Republic asked: "Who votes against".
There were so many socialists standing in the room, rejecting the proposition of the bench itself, that Ferro Rodrigues even hesitated (before realizing what was voted at that time). "Who votes against the PS proposal?", He asked almost on alert. But the 40 incumbent MPs even rejected the proposal, during a vote in which the head of the court, Carlos César, granted the freedom to vote. The division has shown that it is far from having "an express majority of deputies, in the sense that it includes bullfighting" in the reduction of VAT, said Carlos César when he decided to follow up this proposal. which surprised the Socialist Prime Minister himself.
Among the deputies who voted against included Ana Catarina Mendes, Deputy Secretary General of the PS, Filipe Neto Brandão, Fernando Rocha Andrade, Pedro Delgado Alves, Porfirio Silva, Isabel Moreira, Antónia Almeida Santos, Manuel Caldeira Cabral, Constança Urbano de Sousa, Margarida Marques, Alexandre Quintanilha, Elza Pais, Vitalino Canas, Ivan Gonçalves or José Magalhães.
Among the 43 deputies were Socialist deputies Carlos César, João Paulo Correia Helena Roseta, Jamila Madeira, Hugo Costa, Luis Testa, Maria da Luz Rosinha, Sérgio Sousa Pinto, João Soares, Ascenso Simões, Renato Sampaio, Joaquim Raposo, Jorge Lacão, António Gameiro, Miranda Calha or Nuno Sá.
43 members have voted for
They were joined by the PSD, CDS and PCP groups which yesterday had already approved to the Committee on Budget and Finance the proposals submitted by each of them to approve the reduction of VAT on bullfights, cinemas and shows. musical. Wednesday's plenary vote is a characteristic that parties must – through the call for proposals – take a political stance on a given issue. This was the case with this proposal, which already knew that it would cause this division.
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