Former member of the European Parliament and leader of the PS, Francisco Assis, said this Saturday that he is “not prepared and ready” to become the Socialist candidate in the presidential elections, given that this is not an issue that is currently emerging.
Speaking to journalists at the 24th National Congress of the Socialist Party in Lisbon, Francisco Assis was asked if he was ready to become the Socialist presidential candidate, after the party’s general secretary Pedro Nuno Santos announced this Saturday that he would support the Socialist presidential candidate . elections 2026.
“I am not ready or will not be available for something that does not arise in the moment. There is a time for everything in life and in political life. The worst thing that can happen is that we take a position on something that does not arise in time.” “, he said, adding that in his opinion Pedro Nuno Santos has not yet chosen a Socialist candidate.
Francisco Assis, the current president of the Economic and Social Council (CES), said that “the current time is legislative elections,” which will be followed by “European elections, local elections and only then presidential elections.”
“There will be no shortage of elections in our country in the next two to three years. This is the time of legislative elections and the commitments that I made – that’s why I returned to party life, it was not in my plans.” immediate is to do our part to ensure that the PS wins the next legislative elections,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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