Extra-ordinary Socrates

Mr. Socrates,

why don't you tell your "masters"

in Brussels and Berlin

what you are telling the Portuguese?

Please tell Berlin,

how you point-blankly refuse

to govern with the IMF,

or ANY other extrenal aid,

blaming the opposition

for not wanting to accept

what you have already

negociated in Brussels and Berlin.

Tell Brussels

that the measures

that you secretly

negociated in

Brussels and Berlin

were NOT for real,

they weren't final,

they were just vague

suggestions of measures!!

It was just a bad cheque

ready to bounce!!

Tell Brussels

that the execution

of the state budget

is running smoothly;

that Portugal's finances

are in order;

that Portugal

won't ever need

any extrenal help.

Tell Brussels

of the 211€ pensioners rip-off,

freezing their already

meager income for the next few years

to pay for the state foreign debt.

Tell Brussels and Berlin

of the despair of poor families;

of the ill and unemployed;

of the children without a future.

Tell Brussels and Berlin,

about the thousands of

unemployed highly-qualified

university graduates.

Tell Brussels and Berlin

how your arrogance,

your lies,

your ambitious Socialist Party "Boys"

have brought Portugal

to a total disasterous

bankrupcy.

Please tell Brussels and Berlin,

how completely irresponsibly

and anti-democratically

you have acted

in ignoring to inform the Parliament,

the President,

your own party,

by negociating strict

austerity measures in

Brussels and Berlin

in utter secrecy.

PLEASE TELL BRUSSELS AND BERLIN!!