IL claims PS is ‘as reliable’ as Albuquerque and Chega

The leader of the Liberal Initiative (IL) list in the regional elections in Madeira, Nuno Morna, said today that the PS “deserves the same trust” as Miguel Albuquerque and Chega, reiterating that he does not accept agreements with these political forces.

Although this Thursday the head of the PS list, Paulo Cafofo, established a “forbidden direction” only for Chega and PSD, meaning that he allows agreements with the remaining parties, Nuno Morna once again stated that “this is not a no.” .

“The Socialist Party can set red lines with whoever it wants, this Socialist Party or the Socialist Party as a whole is also unreliable for us,” the liberal candidate told Lusa before a promotional video in the center of Funchal. , where the party carried out campaigning.

Nuno Morna added that PS is “as reliable as Miguel Albuquerque.” [presidente demissionário do Governo Regional e cabeça de lista do PSD às regionais]and as reliable as Chega.”

“There is no chance of any agreement with the Socialist Party, because it is a statesman, a spending-oriented party that does not look at the means to achieve goals, that uses everything and everyone in the election campaign,” emphasized the head of the list, elected the only deputy in the regional elections last September.

Noting that over the past few weeks the PS has repeatedly stated that “voting for the Liberal Initiative is the same as voting for the PSD,” Nuno Morna said that “it is not the same thing at all.”

“We have been clear from day one that with Miguel Albuquerque it is a no-no and with the Socialist Party it is a no-no,” he said.

The Liberal candidate also reiterated that the PS and PSD are making promises that are not viable from a budgetary point of view, and ironically wondered “what kind of secretariat Andre Ventura will have in the next regional government.”

“What we see and feel is the intonation in Chegi’s speech, and the candidate is actually Andre Ventura. I don’t know whether he will be vice-president of the government, whether he will have a responsible secretariat,” he said. out.

For the Liberal Initiative, “voting for Chegu or voting for the SDP is the same thing,” noting that it believes that “something has already been prepared for election day.”

Sunday’s legislative elections in Madeira will feature 14 candidates vying for 47 seats in the regional parliament in one constituency: ADN, BE, PS, Livre, IL, RIR, CDU (PCP/PEV), Chega, CDS-PP. , MPT, PSD, PAN, PTP and JPP.

The early elections will take place eight months after the last regional legislative elections, after the President of the Republic dissolved the Parliament of Madeira following the political crisis provoked in January, when the leader of the regional government (PSD/CDU-PP), Miguel Albuquerque, was named as a defendant in the process, in during which suspicions of corruption are being investigated.

In September 2023, the PSD/SDS coalition won without an absolute majority and elected 23 deputies. The PS received 11 mandates, the JPP received five, the Chega received four, and the CDU, IL, PAN (which signed an agreement on parliamentary protection with the Social Democrats) and BE received one mandate each.