Pedro Nuno’s candidacy for the post of PS leader is being supported by 79 out of 120 deputies.

The candidacy of Pedro Nuno Santos for the post of PS secretary general claims the support of 79 of the 120 Socialist deputies, including the vice-presidents of the chamber Porfirio Silva, Pedro Delgado Alves and Rui Lage.

The list of supporting deputies sent to the Lusa agency by the source of the candidacy of the former Minister of Infrastructure and Housing also includes the national secretary of the PS in charge of the administration, Vera Braz.

Of the 41 deputies who remained outside the list of supporters, according to the same source, some of them have not yet expressed any position between the candidacies of the former leader of the SP and the current Minister of the Interior, José Luis Carneiro.

In this situation, for example, the parliamentary leader of the PS, Eurico Brillante Díaz, who will speak about the internal race only after the final approval of the state budget for 2024, on the 29th, as well as the presidents of Foreign Affairs and National Defense – respectively Sergio Sousa Pinto and Marcos Perestrello .

Former Health Minister Marta Temido, President of the Council of PS/Lisbon and nominated as the Socialist candidate for the Metropolitan Chamber in the next municipal elections, has also not yet expressed support for any of the candidates to succeed António Costa, whose elections are scheduled for December 15 and 16 and the 5 Congress. January 6 and 7.

This list of supporters of Pedro Nuno Santos includes Alexandra Leitan (Santaren), Alexandre Quintanilla (Porto), Ana Bernardo (Porto), Ana Isabel Santos (Setubal), Anabela Rodrigues (Viana do Castelo), Andre Pinotes Batista (Setubal), Antonio. Monteirinho (defender), Antonio Pedro Faria (Porto), Barbara Dias (Setubal), Bruno Aragão (Aveiro), Carlos Bras (Porto), Carlos Pereira (Madeira), Clarissa Campos (Setubal), Claudia Santos (Aveiro), Cristina Mendes da Silva (Porto), Cristina Sousa (Guarda), Diogo Cunha (Braga), Diogo Lean (Lisbon) and Eduardo Alves (Portalegre).

They also support former minister Eduardo Oliveira (Braga), Euridice Pereira (Setubal), Fernando Jose (Setubal), Filipe Neto Brandao (Aveiro), Francisco Cesar (Azores), Francisco Dinis (Santarem), Gil Costa (Setubal), Gilberto Anjos. (Braga), Hugo Carvalho (Porto), Hugo Costa (Santarem), Hugo Oliveira (Aveiro), Irene Costa (Braga), Isabel Moreira (Lisbon), Isabel Guerreiro (Faro), Ivan Gonçalves (Setúbal), Joana Lima (Porto) ) ), Joana Sa Pereira (Aveiro), João Azevedo Castro (Azores), João Paulo Rebelo (Viseu), João Torres (PS Deputy Secretary General) and Jorge Botelho (Faro).

The list also includes the names of Jorge Gabriel Martins (Leiria), José Carlos Alexandrino (Coimbra), José Carlos Barbosa (Porto), José Rui Cruz (Viseu), Lucia Araujo da Silva (Viseu), Luis Graça (Faro), Mara. Lagriminha Coelho (Santarém), Maria Begoña (Lisbon), Maria João Castro (Porto), Miguel Cabrita (Lisbon), Miguel dos Santos Rodrigues (Porto), Miguel Iglesias (Madeira), Miguel Matos (Leader of the Women’s Union, Lisbon), Nathalie Oliveira (Europe), Nelson Brito (Beja), Patricia Faro (Porto), Paulo Araujo Correia (Porto), Paulo Marques (Lisbon), Pedro Anastasio (Lisbon), Pedro Coimbra (Coimbra) and Raquel Ferreira (Coimbra).

Pedro Nuno Santos, the MP elected by Aveiro, also has the support of Ricardo Lima (Lisbon), Ricardo Lino (Coimbra), Ricardo Pinheiro (Portalegre), Rita Borges Madeira (Lisbon), Rosario Gamboa (Porto), Salvador Formiga (Leiria). , Sara Velez (Leiria), Sofia Andrade (Porto), Susana Barroso (Vila Real), Susana Correia (Aveiro), Thiago Barbosa Ribeiro (Porto), Thiago Estevan Martins (Coimbra) and Thiago Soares Monteiro (Castelo Branco).