The PS National Commission will vote on Saturday on the internal election calendar, according to which the presidents of the socialist federations are to be elected on September 27 and 28, an official source told Luse.
On Saturday morning in Lisbon, with the initial intervention of the Secretary General of the PS, open to the media, the highest body between the congresses will analyze the political situation and approve the calendar proposed by the National Secretariat for the internal elections of the PS, the first of which was led by Pedro Nuno Santos.
According to the proposed calendar, to which the Lusa agency had access and which will be put to a vote at the meeting of the National Commission, elections will take place in the sections, councils and council structures of “Socialist Women – Equality and Rights”.
On September 27 and 28, elections will be held for presidents of federations, federal structures “Socialist Women – Equality and Rights”, political commissions of the federal structures “Socialist Women – Equality and Rights”, as well as delegates to congresses. federations
In the last federation elections in November 2022, socialist activists elected six new federation leaders in Braga, Bragança, Oeste, Porto, Portalegre and Vila Real, and re-elected the presidents of 13 federations.
According to the proposal considered at Saturday’s meeting, congresses of the PS federations should be held on October 12 and 13.
The PS National Secretariat recommends that the federations’ political committees hold meetings by May 18 to “approval of the calendar, the number of elected members and relevant electoral regulations,” as well as the conduct of the elections. organizing committees of congresses of federations and planning of all elections.
Last November, following the resignation of António Costa, the National Commission, which had planned the congress and the election of a new secretary general, canceled the internal calendar it had approved before the political crisis, which had predicted elections for the section, council and federal bodies at the beginning of this year.
According to the decision taken at that time, these electoral actions in the district and local structures of the PS should take place in the period after the early legislative elections on March 10, as is currently proposed.