The vice president of the Social Democratic parliamentary group Luis Montenegro said that the PSD will not be "the guarantor" of the irresponsibility of the PS, which he accused of leading the country into a "giant swamp." "If someone thinks that the PSD will be the guarantor of the governments of the PS, he is mistaken. We do not engage in exaggeration of the PS "spending," said Luis Montenegro, during the policy discussions in Parliament. The Social Democratic deputy heard, however, PCP and BE accused the PSD of being an accomplice to the socialist government for having made possible the State Budget for 2010 and the austerity measures that have been adopted.

Moreover, from the PS was an indictment of the social democratic direction of Peter Rabbit Steps "syndrome juvenile" and face the situation of the country "like a PlayStation game" and was made a "request almost pleading" for the PSD would enable the State Budget for 2011. To this indictment and this appeal, which were made by Mr. PS Manuel Seabra, Luis Montenegro responded by returning them to the Socialists, who accused him of living in the world "little games" and recommended that those who govern and the present reality of the Portuguese.

Socialista Manuel Seabra acusa PSD de irresponsabilidade

Finally, responding to the parliamentary leader of the PCP, Bernardino Soares, Luis Montenegro countered that "PSD is not equal to the PS," insisting on the idea that there was in the last decades in Portugal "two cycles of governmental responsibility." Luis Montenegro had advocated this idea in his opening speech, saying the government of Cavaco Silva"s PSD were "stable and credible" and "sustainable change", while the Socialist Party led the country "the swamp" and now walks with Guterres" to the abyss "with Jose Socrates. "On the edge of the giant swamp today, the first was a small pond," he noted, ending his speech by proclaiming that “the fantasy of the socialist was over in Portugal."