AD won regional elections in the Azores without a majority. The PSD/CDS-PP/PPM coalition received 42.08% of the votes, followed by PS Açores with 35.91%. These are the phrases that marked election night this Sunday.
José Manuel Boleiro, President of the PSD/Azores
“I will govern with a relative majority. And this is not a minority, victory is never a minority, it is a majority of votes and mandates.”
“As always in European and Western democracies, from the very beginning you cannot put a relative majority in crisis with negative coalitions in the opposition”
Luis Montenegro, President of the PSD
“Even though there is no absolute majority in the coalition, the truth is that there can only be an alternative government if all the other political forces, and two in particular – PS and Chega – come together, come together.”
“The people of the Azores are with you, they want you to lead the regional government, you have all the conditions to follow this path forward”
José Pacheco, leader of the Chega/Azores
“José Pacheco does not enter the room where Arthur Lima and Paulo Estevan are. Do you know how to say it here in San Miguel? Leave the conversation. Or call [o Presidente da República] Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and call elections again”
“With these two gentlemen, no one has a government. […]. This is a very serious mistake on the part of PSD regarding delivery”
Andre Ventura, President of Chega
“Government stability in the Azores will only be achieved if a government agreement is reached for the next four years. Let’s work from today.” [domingo]and tomorrow so that this agreement becomes possible”
Vasco Cordeiro, leader of PS/Açores
“The results of this election are clear and obvious, demonstrating that my candidacy did not achieve the success that I proposed and that I desired (…). Thus, I did not achieve the election results that I set as the goal for this election. elections”
Pedro Nuno Santos, PS Secretary General
“When the CoP wins, the whole CoP wins; when the PS loses, the entire PS loses. And today [domingo] we are losing”
“There should be no illusions, the PS does not allow the right-wing government”
Paulo Raimundo, Secretary General of the PCP
“This result is less than necessary, less than what we need to directly affect the balance of power in the Regional Legislative Assembly of the Azores”
Mariana Mortagua, coordinator of Bloco de Esquerda
“We want to ensure that the Bloc [de Esquerda] will continue to be the staunchest opposition to the right-wing government. We will be the strongest opposition to a government that has increased poverty, has privileged economic interests, that has broken records in the number of appointments and distribution of seats, and we are counting on BE/Açores in this opposition and in maintaining the strength of BE. in the Azores”
Rui Rocha, leader of the Liberal Initiative
“[Caberá à coligação vencedora] determine the path you want to take. (…) The most reasonable scenario is for the Liberal Initiative to carry out a step-by-step assessment, on a case-by-case basis. [no parlamento regional]always in the interests of the Azoreans”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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