The candidate for the post of PS secretary general, Pedro Nuno Santos, refused to participate in debates with the other leadership candidates this Thursday, considering that these confrontations would “give arguments to the right” and saying that there is already “a lot of room” for internal discussions. .
“We have many opportunities to debate with our comrades, different candidates will do this work, we have interviews, we take part in meetings with activists where there is media… This is more than enough,” Pedro said Nuno Santos. .
The former minister said he was “moreover” now “making a case for the right.”
The candidate spoke to reporters outside the Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon after lunch with Socialist leader and president of Sedes – the Association for Economic and Social Development, Alvaro Beles.
“We want to debate with our comrades in other ways,” he said.
Noting that the internal process of selecting a new PS leader is taking place “very close to the legislative elections” that will take place on March 10, Pedro Nuno Santos said that “discussing the country with opponents of the PS, this debate will definitely exist.”
For the direct socialist elections on December 15 and 16, three candidates have so far been presented: the current interior minister, José Luis Carneiro, the former infrastructure minister, Pedro Nuno Santos, and Daniel Adrian, leader of the minority line opposing the current general. Secretary Antonio Costa.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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