PSD lawmaker Rui Cristina will leave the party and become an unregistered deputy for the rest of the legislature, saying Luis Montenegro’s leadership is only concerned with “internal accounting adjustments.”
“It is obvious that the current PSD leadership is more concerned with internal adjustments of accounts, ego impositions that essentially do not make serious commitments to the party, only interested in a permanent quarrel for “power”,” says a letter sent by Rui Cristina to the PSD general secretary. which Lusa had access to this Monday.
Rui Cristina was announced as the fifth candidate on the PSD list for the Faro district in the early legislative elections on March 10, led by Social Democratic vice-president Miguel Pinto Luz, after finishing second in the 2022 elections.
When asked by Lusa about the possibility of joining Chegi’s candidate lists, the SDP MP, who has more than 20 years of party activism, replied that “the future requires thought and reflection.”
Rui Cristina is the second PSD parliamentarian to leave the party in recent weeks, following António Malo de Abreu, who was confirmed this weekend as Cega’s candidate outside Europe after previously turning down the opportunity.
In an email sent to Socialist Democratic MPs, Rui Cristina also said she intends to end the current legislature as an unregistered MP, saying that the political conditions for continuing to join and work in the parliamentary group have not been met.
In a letter sent to Hugo Soares informing him of his resignation from the party, Rui Cristina, who took on the role of coordinator of the parliamentary group in the Health Commission, stressed that it was a personal decision in accordance with his “individual, moral, ideological and party views ” “
“After deep reflection and having grown up with the pain and suffering of its consequences, I find no other alternative than to break with the decisions taken by the party leadership that violate my fundamental integrity,” he said.
The text states that “the internal division that has plagued the Social Democratic Party in recent times is well known and that irreconcilable differences in the internal structure of the party are now emerging, which are an obstacle to the necessary stability and continuation of its political activities.”
“Irreconcilable differences arise from the simplistic instrumentalization of the party in favor of small groups that take turns, obstructing any horizons of political action that are meant to be effective,” criticizes Rui Cristina.
The MP also points to the position of the Algarve councils, which “demonstrated the necessary unity and protection of the interests of the party, in contrast to the governing bodies, which, through power, imposed incomprehensible decisions that emphasized the interests of groups.”
He said the government’s proposals to resolve the problem “are constantly tied to internal strife, without any tangible content either for the militants or, more seriously, for the Portuguese,” who “are the orphans of a leadership that stands out as an alternative on the horizon.” possible trust.”
“Thus, it becomes impossible for me to remain and accept this state of affairs, which can be summed up in Mandeville’s famous aphorism: “Private vices are public benefits,” writes Rui Cristina.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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