Pedro Frazão, vice-president and deputy of Chega, launched this Friday, October 17th, a scathing criticism of Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro, who recently stopped being a party deputy on a collision course with leader André Ventura, who accused this Friday in an opinion article of being a “leader narcissistic” and to whom he pointed out “seven deadly sins”.
“A man distraught by his own dark ministerial ambition and by the greatest human ingratitude ever seen is committing political suicide”, Pedro Frazão began by writing in a Facebook post, during which he jumped to the defense of the Chega president.
“When the political corpse [Mithá Ribeiro] talks about André Ventura, on his way to collective oblivion, with repressed Freudian language, it seems deep down that he is talking about himself”, he adds, remembering that Ventura “created him as a political figure, and he now committed suicide blaming his creator”.
In a long text, Pedro Frazão refutes Mithá Ribeiro’s idea, according to which André Ventura “dries up everything around him”, saying that it is, after all, the opposite, remembering what he says is the “political and intellectual genius” of the Chega leader. “How can it be said that someone like that ‘dries up everything around him’? André Ventura is, indeed, a huge source of inspiration for the new Portuguese patriotic love”, he wrote.
Regarding the accusation that the president of Chega is a “narcissistic predator with a vengeful demon”, he questioned the former party activist who, while he was there, “did nothing to counter this behavior”, accusing him, therefore, of “conspiring in secret”, which “is not typical of good character”. “Why did you accept, under this leadership, to be head of the list in 3 legislative bodies, to be a candidate for Vice-President of the Assembly, for Secretary of the Board and in local councils?”, he asks.
Frazão also reminded Mithá Ribeiro that “expecting formal rewards without merit, or thinking that going to circles of power will benefit you, is naive”, challenging him to admit that he was in Chega because “he wanted to become a minister”.
“Turning against someone, like a dog biting betrayal, just because they didn’t get the position they wanted [de ministro do governo sombra do Chega] It is, above all, sad. Politics should be more than that, it should be based on principles, cohesion and public service, not resentment due to lack of promotions”, concluded the vice-president of the party led by André Ventura, who ended with an ironic “peace to your soul”.