Portuguese President Asks for Stability as Coelho Is Sworn In
- Socialists, Left Bloc, Communists may block new government
- Opposition leader wants to form an alternative government
Pedro Passos Coelho, left, and Anibal Cavaco Silva during the swearing-in ceremony. Photo: SIPA via AP Images
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Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva warned against instability at the swearing-in of a new government that may be blocked by opposition parties, which now hold a majority of seats in parliament.
“Throughout our history we’ve only had true economic and social progress when we had political stability,” Silva said in Lisbon on Friday. “Without political stability Portugal will become an ungovernable country. And, evidently, nobody trusts an ungovernable country.”