PSD/Madeira leader Miguel Albuquerque said this Thursday that “there will be no problem” with the approval of the government program and the regional budget, expecting the support of parties that claim to be “anti-socialist”.
“Of course, for the government program we need a simple majority, and we are counting on the fact that parties that say they are anti-socialist are not going to join socialism to overthrow the government,” Miguel Albuquerque said minutes before leaving to the Parliament building. Palacio de São Lourenço, official residence of the representative of the Republic of Madeira, Ireneu Barreto, who will appoint him as President of the Regional Government.
The PSD/Madeira leader, who has headed the executive branch since 2015, spoke in Funchal as part of a visit to AUDIRAM — Contabilidade Services, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
When asked by reporters whether he expected Chega, IL and PAN to abstain to make the two major governance documents viable, Miguel Albuquerque expressed confidence in such support: “Based on the speech they made, we can count on it, but no. No there is no doubt that this government will have to have a wider platform for dialogue with all parties.”
“We must guarantee this stability, because the atmosphere of uncertainty, the management of unforeseen circumstances is very bad for everyone. It’s bad for families, it’s bad for economic agents, it’s bad for companies, it’s bad for jobs, it’s bad for public and private business planning. investment,” warned the Social Democrat, emphasizing the need to have medium- and long-term plans to achieve good results.
When asked which party was more willing to support the new government, between Chega, IL and PAN, the PSD/Madeira leader refused to answer, but added that “there will be no problems.”
The government official also rejected the accusation by IL/Madeira leader Nuno Morna that he told the representative of the Republic that the PSD would have the support of the IL and assured that he did not say this to Ireneu Barreto.
Regarding the AUDIRAM visit, Albuquerque explained that it was part of monitoring a “very large group” of regional companies from different sectors, and said it was a way to promote the region’s business structure and “take the pulse.” the situation of economic agents in Madeira.”
“During the pandemic, we launched a very important process to support the business sector when there was economic stagnation. We did it very quickly, it was very well received by most regional companies, and today the result is that we will reach GDP [Produto Interno Bruto]“Perhaps this year it will be about seven billion euros and with almost full employment in the region,” he emphasized.
The government official considered the internalization of the archipelago’s economy to be fundamental and noted that negotiations with the European Commission on a fifth regime for the Madeira International Business Center were “going well.”
“I hope that at this moment, with the coming to power of the new government, everything will stabilize again,” he emphasized.
Following Sunday’s regional elections, the representative of the Republic of the Autonomous Region of Madeira heard on Tuesday the seven parties represented in Parliament, in order of increasing votes: PAN (one MP), IL (one), CDS-PP (two), Chega (four), JPP (nine ), PS (11) and PSD (19).
After these hearings, Ireneu Barreto announced that he would appoint Albuquerque as president of the regional government, considering that the joint solution presented by the PS and JPP “had no chance of success.”
The spokesman stated that “the solution presented by the party with the most votes, the SDP, which has an agreement on parliamentary protection with the SDS, and the non-hostility, in principle, of Chegi, PAN and IL, will have all the conditions.” that his program be approved by the Legislative Assembly.”
In Sunday’s elections, the PSD failed to win an absolute majority for five terms, which requires 24 elected representatives as the regional parliament consists of 47 seats.
After Albuquerque declared its readiness to provide a “government of stability,” on Monday the PS and JPP (totaling 20 deputies) announced a “joint government solution” for the archipelago, which will be presented to the representative of the Republic. and called for the participation of the remaining parties, with the exception of the SDP and Chegi, “to gain stronger support in parliament.”
On Tuesday morning, even before Ireneu Barreto received them, Albuquerque and SDS-PP regional leader José Manuel Rodríguez reached an agreement on parliamentary support that also retains the Christian Democrat’s presidency of the regional parliament.
The two parties, which fought separately for suffrage, have governed the region together since 2019.
Madeira’s early elections came eight months after the previous regional elections, after the President of the Republic dissolved Madeira’s parliament following a political crisis that erupted in January when Albuquerque was named as a defendant in a trial investigating alleged corruption. .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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