The Government of Madeira emphasizes the readiness of the parties and believes in the approval of the Program

The Government of Madeira (PSD) looks “hopefully” at the possibility of PSD, CDS, PAN, Chega and IL to harmonize measures on the executive program, given that its approval is possible, the regional Minister of Education said this Monday.

“We see with hope, above all, the readiness of all the parties present here, and it is thanks to this availability that we believe that it is possible to reach a consensus on measures that will make the government program viable,” said Jorge Carvalho. , which oversees parliamentary affairs.

The Madeira executive, represented by Jorge Carvalho, the chief of staff of the regional government president Rui Abreu and the regional finance minister Rogerio Gouveia, met this Monday with five of the seven parties that have seats in parliament – the PS and the JPP. declined the invitation to hold negotiations on the approval of the Government Program.

At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Education noted that dialogue with the parties will continue this week, with separate meetings with each of them. Asked about the participation of the PS and JPP in meetings in the coming days, Jorge Carvalho said the chief believes that not meeting today “is the final position on this process.”

Regarding the demand of Chega/Madeira leader Miguel Castro, who demands the resignation of the regional government chairman Miguel Albuquerque, the government official stressed that “what is being discussed and what is on the negotiating table is a government program and the measures that it entails are not on the government’s discussion table.”

Jorge Carvalho also noted that the new government program that will be presented to the Parliament of Madeira may include more measures on the part of the parties, although he stressed that the document that was presented and then withdrawn last week because it was rejected, has already been drawn up. a number of opposition measures.

“For now, we will continue to seek this path of dialogue and consensus on new measures,” he stressed.

For his part, the parliamentary leader of the PSD/Madeira, Jaime Filipe Ramos, stressed that “there are only two parties that do not want to respect democracy and refuse to participate in solving the problem.”

“It is strange that there are election results, there is the will of the people of Madeira, there is a will that must be respected, and there are two parties that do not want to do what democracy requires, which is at least negotiations and dialogue,” he said .

However, the Social Democrat noted that the parties taking part in today’s meeting form “a parliamentary majority capable of negotiations, and this is what should be emphasized.”

Jaime Filipe Ramos said that the PSD “hopes that it will be possible to hold negotiations between all and reach an agreement that will allow the Program to be approved soon.”

“The population needs a budget, and it is important that people understand that by July it is necessary to normalize and create this budget in the region,” he emphasized.

Regarding the CDS-PP (the party that signed the parliamentary agreement with the PSD after the elections), Ricardo Vieira said that the election results “justify the government to talk to all parties to find viable and implementable solutions for Madeira that will allow the region to have a legitimate government ready to act , with an approved budget.”

The centrist also stressed that “parliament has no say in the composition of the government” and that the negotiations in question are aimed only at discussing the government program.

In early regional elections on May 26, the SDP elected 19 deputies, giving it five terms to achieve an absolute majority (which requires 24), the PS received 11, the AKP nine, Chega four and SDS-PP two. , and IL and PAN elected one deputy each.

After the elections, the PSD signed a parliamentary agreement with the Christian Democrats, but still lacked an absolute majority. Both parties have a total of 21 seats.