Former Defense Minister Aguiar Branco will head the Democratic Alliance list for Viana do Castelo, current Social Democratic “deputy” Leitan Amaru will be number one for Viseu, and Secretary General Hugo Soares for Braga.
The current president of the Chamber of Santa Maria da Feira, Emidio Sousa, will head the list of the Aveiro coalition.
In circles outside Europe, former Secretary of State for Communities José Cesario will again top the list after the 2022 Rui Rio leadership chose Malo de Abreu, who last week left the PSD and the Social Democratic bench.
In Europe, the “traditional” head of the PSD list will also be restored, Carlos Gonçalves, another former Secretary of State for Communities, who was replaced in the last legislative elections by the failed Maria Esther Vargas.
These names were confirmed to Lusa by an official PSD source and they join six names that were already announced by the party on Sunday evening, including that of PSD President Luis Montenegro, who will head the AD list in Lisbon, and the former President of the Order of Doctors, Miguel Guimarães, who will be the number one for Porto.
The same source confirmed to Lusa two names put forward on Sunday evening by TV commentator and former PSD leader Márquez Mendes: for Coimbra, the list will be headed by Rita Alarcão Judice, lawyer and currently coordinator of the PSD National Strategic Council (CEN). , for a residential area, and for Leiria – the former president of the Óbidos city council Telmo Faria, who was one of the main supporters of Pedro Santana López’s candidacy for PSD leader in 2018 against Rui Rio, who subsequently won the party.
On the other hand, the current president of the Chamber of Valpazos, Amilcar Almeira, who is serving his third and final term in this municipality, will lead the list of the Democratic Alliance in the legislative elections of the Vila Real district. This was announced by the PSD District Policy Commission on Monday.
Aguiar-Branco was Minister of Justice under Santana López and Minister of Defense under Pedro Passos Coelho. He was a member of several legislative assemblies and president of the PSD parliamentary group in 2009, leaving the Assembly of the Republic in 2019.
António Leitan Amaro is the vice-president of the PSD, a university professor, as well as the Secretary of State for Local Government in the government of Pedro Passos Coelho and a member of the Assembly of the Republic between the XI and XIII legislative assemblies, who decided in 2019 not to be a repeat candidate for the next legislative body.
Hugo Soares, the current secretary general of the PSD and considered the “right hand” of leader Luis Montenegro, was the secretary general of the PSD and the parliamentary leader of the PSD, having been removed from the lists of deputies in 2019 by a decision of the PSD. management led by Rui River.
On Sunday, the PSD already announced, in addition to the names of Luis Montenegro and Miguel Guimarães, that the list of AD deputies from Faro will be headed by the vice-president of the Social Democratic Party, Miguel Pinto Luz, as well as the former Social Democratic leader and governor. Theresa. You live in Setubal.
Two other independent candidates were also announced Sunday to head the coalition list: Eduardo Oliveira i Sousa, former president of the Confederation of Farmers of Portugal (CAP), for Santarem and university professor of political science and international relations Liliana Reis for Castelo Branco.
Guarda’s roster will be headed by Dulcinea Moura, Braganza Hernani Dias, Beja Gonçalo Valente, Evora Sonia Ramos, Portalegre Rogerio Silva.
PSD/Madeira had already announced in December that Pedro Coelho, the current president of the city council of Câmara de Lobos, would be the head of the Lisbon AD coalition. In the Azores, the list will be headed by Paulo Moniz.
The PSD National Council meets this Monday at 21:00 in a Lisbon hotel to approve the full lists of deputies for the early legislative elections on March 10.
Author: Lusa This Diogo Carreira
Source: CM Jornal
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