A PAN spokeswoman on Wednesday said her party’s parliamentary defense agreement with PSD-Madeira shows there are “democratic alternatives” to the absolute majority and contributes to ending Chegi’s “archaic agenda.”
Ines de Sousa Real spoke for the first time this Wednesday about the agreement reached between the regional deputy elected by the PAN in Sunday’s elections, Mónica Freitas, and the president of the PSD-Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, which was announced on Tuesday.
In the Assembly of the Republic, in response to the political statement of the PSD deputy Sara Madruga da Costa, elected by Madeira, the representative and sole deputy of the PAN began with the greeting that it was possible to “break the totalitarianism that existed in Madeira” and “to have a more pluralistic parliament and therefore healthier for democracy.”
Ines de Souza Real said the MHP refused to run “following whoever shouts the loudest” against a regional executive that is “already filled with a lot of opposition” and managed to ensure that the new government, led by Miguel Albuquerque, follows the agenda of the surrounding environment.
“The day this is not implemented, PAN will be here to identify the political consequences of any non-compliance,” he promised.
The MP stated that “PAN also dispelled the myth that governance can only be achieved in two ways: either absolute majority or the vote of fear, and that the devil is in fact coming, and in this case populist right-wing alliances or alternatives” and revealed, that “the Portuguese and Madeirans do have democratic alternatives.”
Noting that “Chega’s goal was to come to power,” Ines de Souza added: “The PAN has abandoned the governance agreement, but it actually has an agreement on parliamentary influence because it does not turn its back on the people of Madeira, on Porto Santenses and effectively declares to stop what is Chegi’s archaic, stifling and conservative agenda.”
After his speech, the PAN representative heard PS MP Marta Freitas, elected by Madeira, criticize the agreement reached by her party, accusing them of being “shortcut easily.”
Ines de Sousa Real asked to speak in defense of the honor given to her and took the opportunity to accuse the Socialists of not fulfilling what they agreed with their party on the state budget.
“Do not worry about what the agreement on parliamentary influence in Madeira is, worry about the word that is given here and which is very rarely kept,” he said, addressing Marta Freitas.
The SDS and SDS-PP competed together in Sunday’s elections through the Somos Madeira coalition, which had the most votes with about 43% of the vote but failed to achieve an absolute majority per MP.
The PSD/CDU-PP coalition elected 23 deputies out of 47, followed by the PS with 11 elected, Juntos Pelo Povo (JPP) with 5 elected and Chega with 4 elected. PKP/PEV, Liberal Initiative, PAN and the Left Bloc also achieved representation in parliament, all with one elected member.
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