Outgoing IL leader João Cotrim Figueiredo this Saturday believed the Liberals needed “new impetus” and a “more comprehensive and militant strategy” to ensure “there will be only one party from Monday”.
“We have always shown that we are able to unite around what is really important. I am sure that we will be able to unite. From Monday there will be only one party under the leadership of a new person,” the leader assured. entrance of the VII National Assembly IL.
Assuring that he is not very concerned about “internal criticism” because “mostly they come from people who were unhappy with their future within the party itself,” Cotrim Figueiredo recalled that he defended the new phase of the liberals.
“The party needs a new impetus, a more comprehensive, more militant strategy,” he said.
The 7th Congress of the Liberal Initiative will take place this Saturday and Sunday at the Lisbon Congress Center and the approximately 2,300 party members registered at the main meeting will elect a successor, João Cotrim Figueiredo, as leader of the party, who in the last legislative assembly was elected from one to eight deputies.
In the first elected convention in IL history (founded in 2017), Rui Rocha and Carla Castro, deputies and members of the outgoing board, and national councilor José Cardoso compete for the presidency of the Executive Committee.