Boleiro and Cordeiro have already voted in the Azores legislative elections.

The PSD/Azores president appeared calm this Sunday while voting in regional elections in the archipelago and called on Azoreans to vote with “full freedom and citizenship.”

The leader of the Azores Social Democrats spoke to reporters after the vote at 11:15 a.m. local time (12:15 p.m. in Lisbon) at the Fajão de Baixo parish library in Ponta Delgada on the island of Sao Miguel. , where is voting station No. 2.

Boleiro also said that the elections are being held “with maximum organization and calm.”

He then left a message to the voters of the Azores: “Those who have not yet exercised their right to vote should do so, preferably during a period when the weather is better, realizing full freedom and citizenship.”

He told reporters he was not nervous about the electoral vote: “No, I’m not nervous. Obviously, a Democrat knows that anything is possible, and there is always a certain amount of anxiety. But the truth is that I am also calm for people’s decision.”

The leader of the Social Democrats also summed up the results of the election campaign, admitting that he had always sought to avoid “attacking anyone” and, generally speaking, “was civilized.”

José Manuel Bolheiro said he would be with his family and friends in the afternoon, but would still have time to have coffee with Luis Montenegro, the national leader of the PSD, who is in the Azores.

Vasco Cordeiro also calls for voting
PS candidate for the presidency of the Azores government, Vasco Cordeiro, has called for voting in regional legislative elections, believing that the future of the archipelago is at stake.

“Today [domingo]The only thing I would like to convey is an urgent call to Azorean men and women to exercise this right to vote, to exercise this right to vote, because the future of the Azores is at stake,” said Vasco Cordeiro after exercising his right to vote in the parish council of San José in Ponta Delgada.

Vasco Cordeiro, who arrived accompanied by his wife, voted at table four, in a room where, among other things, in the presidential gallery hung a photograph of regional government chairman José Manuel Bolheiro, also a candidate for the presidency. position of the SDP/SDS – PP/PPM coalition.

By 11 a.m. local time (12 p.m. in Lisbon), 13.77% of voters had already voted.

CDS-PP is confident of wider participation

CDS-PP/Açores leader Arthur Lima expressed confidence in greater popular participation in regional legislative elections, calling on citizens to fulfill their civic duty.

“I think that this year the number of abstentions will be lower, and that the population will participate much more, I don’t say massively, because that won’t happen. Unfortunately, people are skeptical about this policy,” he said. I’m talking to Lusa.

Chega wishes for the triumph of “plurality of democracy”

Chega/Azores leader José Pacheco voted in the morning in Ribeira Cha, municipality of Lagoa, for the regional legislature, calling for voter participation and wanting a victory for “plurality of democracy.”

“Today [este domingo] People vote at the ballot box and say what they need from us, from each party. And I hope that the pluralism of democracy continues to win. I am a big supporter of the fact that there can be several democratic forces in the regional assembly,” he told reporters.

IL hopes “as many Azoreans as possible” will vote

The leader of the Liberal Initiative in the Azores, Nuno Barata, wished that “as many Azoreans as possible” would vote in the regional legislative assemblies, noting that this was the day of the “festival of democracy.”

After the vote in the Escola Primária da Matriz, in Anexas, in Ponta Delgada, at 11 am, the head of the San Miguel list and compensation circles left a “word of hope” in a statement to journalists.

“Vote today [este domingo] as many Azoreans as possible to fulfill this civic duty. I would say that this is more than a duty, it is an affirmation of democracy,” he said, recalling good weather conditions, at least on the island of San Miguel, to call for participation in the elections.

BE says it is very important that Azoreans vote

The BE/Açores leader considered it necessary for Azoreans to say what they want in regional legislatures, as well as national and European ones, and called for the vote to be held on a sunny day in Ponta Delgada.

António Lima, who exercised his right to vote in the village of Capelas in the municipality of Ponta Delgada, asked voters “not to leave their decision about what they want for the future in the hands of others” and to ensure that “democracy is valued.” , knowing that this can never be completely guaranteed.”

On a day of favorable weather conditions, the candidate for the constituency of San Miguel and for compensation acknowledged that abstinence “is a problem that exists in democracy” and it is necessary for “people to exercise their right to vote and not stay at home.”