IL President Rui Rocha said this Monday that “competition is always welcome” in response to the manifesto presented by two hundred liberals to recreate the party whose main opposition figure is Tiago Maian Gonçalves.
“I am committed to the problems of the Portuguese, to the transformation of the country, but I will make a short comment, the only one I will make on this issue: we are liberals and therefore we always welcome competition,” Rui Rocha told reporters.
We are talking about the manifesto presented this morning by former Tiago presidential candidate Mayan Gonçalves, who suggested that when the elections take place in Illinois, he would be ready to nominate a candidate for leadership, and whose first goal is to “refound the party” . about the values and principles of liberals” and “truly strong and charismatic leadership, truly liberal.”
“The democratic manifestation of alternatives does not have to be tied to political calendars,” the Liberal leader said when asked about the “timing” of the opposition movement’s presentation ahead of elections in Madeira and the European Parliament.
Rui Rocha noted that IL “sometimes” surprises the Portuguese by discussing internal party issues “with excitement and enthusiasm.”
“But in the future this does not affect the party’s ability to defend its ideas. Competition is always welcome, and that is what I want to emphasize in this regard,” he said simply, faced with the insistence of journalists.
This morning, at the presentation of the manifesto of “courage, innovation and freedom” created under the motto “United by Liberalism”, Tiago Mayan Goncalves said that “this movement of IL members will be ready to present an alternative to the leadership of the party” and that he will do so when the time comes.
Without aiming to change the “timing” of the internal elections, which “in normal times would take place sometime in January 2025”, Mayan Gonsalves expected the unelected July statutory meeting to be the “important moment” in which this movement, if you want to position it.
“We are concerned about the current state of the party, but we do not give up on it. Without respecting the upcoming electoral periods – regional in Madeira and European – we believe that change is necessary and propose a path for this change. “, he said, thereby criticizing the leadership of Rui Rocha.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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