The head of the PAN list for the regional elections in Madeira, Monica Freitas, called for the vote this Sunday, arguing that the future of the region is the responsibility of every citizen, and hopes to be re-elected as a deputy.
“I leave this call to all the people who are going to vote, because we are all responsible for today’s result, and it is important that we all feel involved in political decisions and who we want to represent in the Regional Legislative Assembly,” she said Mónica Freitas in a statement to journalists after voting at the Escola das Figueirinhas school in the parish of Caniço, municipality of Santa Cruz, around 10 a.m.
The PAN/Madeira representative, who was elected as the only deputy in the regional elections last September, noted that “this time people are also more vigilant and aware of the importance of their vote, the significance it will have for the direction and the future.” region.”
Asked whether she hoped to maintain the number of deputies in the regional parliament, Monica Freitas mentioned the slight increase in the number of votes in recent national legislatures, noting that she believed such an increase could happen in Madeira.
“In this sense, we hope to at least maintain this electorate of 3,000 people. [número de votos nas últimas regionais] So that we can once again elect a person, in this case me, as a representative in the regional legislative assembly,” he emphasized.
In this Sunday’s elections, 14 candidates are vying for 47 seats in the regional parliament in one circle: ADN, BE, PS, Livre, IL, RIR, CDU (PCP/PEV), Chega, CDS-PP, MPT, PSD, PAN, PTP and JPP.
In the regional legislatures, the representative of the Republic (the position held by Ireneu Barreto) proposes to the political force to form a government based on the results (which must be published) after consultation with the parties that have seats in parliament in the current legislature. In September 2023, the PSD/CDU-PP coalition won without an absolute majority and elected 23 deputies.
The PS received 11 mandates, the JPP five, Cega four, and the CDU, IL, PAN (which signed an agreement on parliamentary influence with the Social Democrats) and BE received one mandate each.
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.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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