The right has no fixes for Portugal’s problems, says Left Bloc leader

Mariana Mortagua warns victory in Sunday's election could reverse social gains and mark return of political bankruptcy'

A victory for the right in the Portuguese general election this week could reverse the social advances of the past few years and herald a return to the moral, theoretical and political bankruptcy" that followed the 2008 financial crisis, the leader of the small Left Bloc party has said.

Speaking to the Guardian as Portugal prepared to go to the polls on Sunday in a snap election triggered by the collapse in November of Antonio Costa's socialist government, Mariana Mortagua said rightwing and far-right parties did not have viable solutions to the country's housing, healthcare and wage crises.