Madeira Government President (PSD/CDS-PP) Miguel Albuquerque this Wednesday discounted the fact that he is the target of 40 complaints filed with the National Electoral Commission (CNE), denying that visiting his government’s businesses is an election campaign.
“I have to show my work. I already have 40 complaints to the National Electoral Commission,” Miguel Albuquerque told reporters on the sidelines of a 30-unit apartment building under construction on the site. Palmeira, in the parish and municipality of Camara de Lobos.
This project, which is the result of a public offering that was announced at the end of 2021 under the Resolution and Resilience Plan (PRR), is an investment of 6.3 million euros, is in an advanced stage of construction and is due to be completed. during the first half of 2024.
The leader of the Social Democrats, who is also head of the Somos Madeira Coalition (SDP/CDU-PP) list in the Sept. 24 regional elections, said he “has been making visits for many months to the many fires that are being built” in the region.
“This is the reality of my reign, which ends the day I cease my functions. This is a reality that can be tested,” he said.
According to Miguel Albuquerque, this type of visit serves to demonstrate “evidence is not a campaign”, because it is work that is “done”, that is, “it is not carried out in Power Point, like on the continent, and about it is not announced when nothing happens after that.”
“Here it is already being built,” he reinforced.
The buildings in this complex in the municipality of Câmara de Lobos will be distributed to families on an affordable income basis through the Affordable Income Program launched this month by Investimentos Habitacionais da Madeira (IHM) and the first round of applications for which is now underway.” online” (www.ihm.pt/online) until 15 October.
“Currently, 600 houses are being built using this method,” said Miguel Albuquerque.
Madeira’s chief executive explained that with this program, “people start living and paying according to the income they have – they don’t have to have a fixed contract of employment or anything like that – and in six years they can convert it into a disposable income.” , which will be compensation for the permanent purchase of a house.
IHM has already registered 300 participants for this method.
Albuquerque stressed that the Madeira government is betting on a four-pronged housing policy, while citing three other strands.
“The first program approved in the country was Reequilibrar, which aimed to guarantee support for efforts in the event of an increase in interest rates,” he said, adding that it provides assistance in the amount of about 150 euros per month and “almost 200 families are registered” in it. . .
He also mentioned the Prohabitar program, which aims to support the purchase of a house “through the lost fund system”, as well as the transfer of land to cooperatives for construction, which allows housing to be put on the market at a reduced cost of 30%. %.
There are 13 candidates running in the Madeira regional elections on 24 September.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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