The Socialist Party’s new secretary-general, Pedro Nuno Santos, took a front-row seat on the Socialist bench on Tuesday, quietly entering the middle of the debate and marked by PSD parliamentary “deputy” Adau Silva.
Pedro Nuno Santos was elected secretary general of the PS with 62% of the votes in direct elections held from Friday to Saturday, in which he competed with José Luis Carneiro, who came second with 36%, and Daniel Adrian, who had 1% of the votes.
Tuesday marked the first plenary meeting since his election, a debate marked by Livre on “a two-state solution and recognition of Palestinian independence.”
Pedro Nuno Santos entered the debate at around 4pm and took the front row as he returned to parliament after the government’s resignation. He sat in the last row, next to parliamentary leader Eurico Brillante Dias, after greeting him and his supporter and “deputy” from the socialist bench, Pedro Delgado Alves.
As he entered, PCP deputy Bruno Diaz spoke, after which Chega leader Andre Ventura intervened, during which the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, handed over the leadership of parliamentary work to Vice President Adau Silva. .
It was the Social Democrat who, at the end of his speech, made it a point to address a “special greeting” to the deputy Pedro Nuno Santos on the occasion of his election, immediately after greeting the citizens and students present in the galleries in a reserved and indifferent tone. applause in the hall.
This electoral process in the PS began with the resignation of António Costa as Prime Minister on November 7, after it became known that he was the subject of a judicial investigation launched by the Ministry of State in the Supreme Court. starting with Operation Influential.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, immediately accepted the resignation of the Prime Minister, decided to dissolve Parliament and called early legislative elections for March 10.
António Costa was first elected secretary general of the PS on 22 November 2014, two months after winning the party’s primary candidate for the position of prime minister, open to non-members, which he contested with the then leader. Antonio José Safe, September this year. He has been Prime Minister since November 26, 2015.
Former Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Pedro Nuno Santos, current Minister of the Interior and former Deputy Secretary General of the Socialist Party José Luis Carneiro and Socialist leader Daniel Adriano, a member of the Political Commission who was running for the party leadership for the fourth time.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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