Pedro Nuno Santos said this Wednesday that if he is elected secretary general of the PS, he will invite António Costa to take part in the electoral campaign for the legislative elections, given that the current Prime Minister leaves behind a legacy that benefits his party .
The PS leadership candidate defended this position in direct internal elections on Friday and Saturday after a meeting with representatives of the Tendência Sindical Socialista, which took place at the party’s national headquarters in Lisbon.
In an interview with TVI last Monday, António Costa emphasized that he has been a PS activist since he was 14 years old and said that he is “ready to carry out the campaign that the future leader of the Socialists believes he should carry out.” .
Asked whether he intends to invite António Costa to a future election campaign if he is elected secretary general of the PS, the former minister of infrastructure and housing said: “Let there be no doubt about it.”
“The Socialists are very proud of António Costa and the results achieved by the Socialist Party government he leads. Naturally, we hope to count on him in the legislative election campaign,” he replied.
Asked whether António Costa’s presence is bringing benefit or harm to the judicial investigation he is involved in that led to his dismissal as prime minister on November 7, Pedro Nuno Santos said the executive leader “leaves a very important legacy for the country ” “Now, of course, this is beneficial for us,” he concluded.
Regarding the government’s understanding after the elections, Pedro Nuno Santos defended the thesis that it is important for the “PS to have a good electoral result” in the early legislative elections on March 10. “A stable government solution means a strong CoP, and that is what we are focused on. Now I think it is wrong to talk about scenarios after March 10, since they can be very different.
Therefore, I will not foresee different scenarios. After the elections, we will strive to create the majority that best guarantees compliance with the election program of the PS,” he explained. Answering the question what criteria he will be guided by when choosing candidates for the PS, if he is elected secretary general, in particular, Regarding one-third of the share that falls on the party leader, Pedro Nuno Santos said that the criteria and profile of parliamentary candidates “will be presented in due time.”
“The quota belongs to the PS General Secretary, but, obviously, it will be filled according to a number of criteria that will be presented in due time, but at this stage it makes no sense to do so,” he believes. In front of journalists, the PS leadership candidate once again left the PSD with a number of warnings regarding the process of choosing the location of the new Lisbon airport, defending the thesis that in this matter “it is necessary to look forward and make a decision.”
“It is good that the SDP took part in this decision, because it was they who were at the origins of the creation of the Independent Technical Commission, which prepared the preliminary report, which is now in question. We cannot want CTI to produce a report and then reject it. because we don’t like the conclusions,” he criticized.
The former infrastructure minister then added that he hoped the SDP would “remain committed to the process in which it was originally involved.” “We must seek consensus, we must strive for agreement, but we cannot be paralyzed and we must make a decision as soon as possible. We have to make a decision in a process that has already taken 50 years. Solution with or without SDP. “, he emphasized.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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