AD said on Wednesday that the PS had refused to participate in the European elections, accusing the Socialists of using the same arguments as Chega to “get out of the debate” with the leader of the coalition list, Sebastian Bugalho.
“The AD (Democratic Alliance) regrets the final refusal of the Socialist Party to accept the face-to-face meeting with the AD proposed by RTP/SIC/TVI, which was supposed to take place on May 23, a fact that prevented the implementation of the second proposal presented on television,” the statement said. sent to Lusa and signed by the candidate’s campaign manager, Emidio Guerreiro.
AD (a coalition consisting of SDP, SDS-NP and PPM) also reports that it has accepted the third proposal of the TV channels, “which consists of holding six debates with four participants without face-to-face meetings.”