The leader of the CDS-PP/Madeira and number two in the PSD/CDS-PP coalition, Rui Barreto, said this Monday that he is not closing the door on the governance agreement with the PAN and the Liberal Initiative (IL), because both are “relatively close ideologically”.
“We do not reveal preferences in a situation where there are two parties that are relatively close to what we represent ideologically,” Rui Barreto told Lusa.
Clarifying, the centrist said that in the case of IL, “the SDS has always had liberals and conservatives in its ideological spectrum,” and the PAN also “is a humanist party, a party with a set of tasks” that do not contradict what the CDS represents.
“We are not closing the door to one or the other, neither to one nor to the other,” the CDS-PP/Madeira leader confirmed, noting that the governance agreement is still open and could be concluded with one of the two parties or with both, to allow the PSD/CDU-PP coalition to govern with a parliamentary majority, as it won the regional legislative elections in Madeira, but without an absolute majority.
In a conversation with Lusa, Rui Barreto said that “the most important thing is to guarantee a framework of stability,” in which the ideal solution is an agreement for a four-year legislative period.
“Circumstances have changed, we have adapted to circumstances, and I am glad that there is actually an opportunity for convergence within the leadership structure of the governance and stability coalition, and that is what I hope will be found,” he said. expressed himself.
The coalition formed by the PSD and CDS-PP won regional legislative elections in Madeira on Sunday with 43.13% of the vote but failed to achieve an absolute majority, electing 23 of 47 deputies.
According to the official preliminary results of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of the Interior, the PS elected 11 deputies, the AKP five and Cega four, while the CDU (PCP/PEV), BE, PAN and IL elected one deputy each.
For the leader of the SDS-PP/Madeira, “the victory of the coalition is so obvious [PSD/CDS-PP] how obvious is the defeat of the Socialist Party.”
“We have won a very clear victory, more than doubling the votes of the Socialist Party, and therefore a very clear defeat for the Socialist Party and another rejection of socialism in Madeira, which for the 13th time in a row failed to achieve its goals. “, indicated the second number of the SDP/SDS-NP coalition.
Despite this, Rui Barreto admitted that the coalition had not achieved its main goal, which was to guarantee a victory “that would ensure a stable absolute majority” to continue governing.
“But we are working to ensure that this is ensured within the parliamentary framework, this is how it works in democracy. One deputy was missing, a little was missing, and I believe that this will be ensured in the name of stability,” he said. progress and development of Madeira,” perspective.
The goal of the PSD/SDS-NP coalition was to ensure continuity of the work that the PSD and SDS have been developing since 2019, the centrist said.
According to the CDS/Madeira leader, both parties were “loyal to each other”, provided a “stable government” and were “very competent to confront and overcome in one legislature a pandemic and a war in Europe with consequences such as inflation.” and rising interest rates.”
Asked how many of the 23 deputies elected by the PSD/SDS-PP coalition are representatives of the SDS-PP, Rui Barreto answered that there are three, exactly the same number as the centrists achieved in 2019, running alone, maintaining the same numbers from the point of view of parliamentary representation.
Regarding the possibility of centrist José Manuel Rodrigues remaining as president of the Madeira Legislative Assembly, the centrist considered it “very premature” to hold this discussion while a parliamentary majority is not yet secured.
Regarding the arrival of new political forces, Rui Barreto said that the regional parliament is “more fragmented” and stressed that this is due to the “hecatomb” of the PS, which lost eight deputies to other opposition parties.
“They also represent the will of the people, which we must respect and adapt to within the framework of parliamentary democracy,” he added.
The coalition formed by the PSD and SDS-PP won regional elections in Madeira on Sunday with 43.13% of the vote but failed to achieve an absolute majority, electing 23 of 47 deputies.
According to the official preliminary results of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of the Interior, the PS elected 11 deputies, the AKP five and Cega four, while the CDU (PCP/PEV), BE, PAN and IL elected one deputy each.
Thus, Chega and IL will make their debut in the Madeira Legislative Assembly, while PAN and BE will return to Parliament.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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