The leaders of the PSD and SDS-PP in Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque and José Manuel Rodrigues, respectively signed this Wednesday a parliamentary agreement, announced after Sunday’s elections, to ensure “political stability” in the region, the regional democratic social structure said.
“Although the two political parties have different histories and identities, and without giving up their political and strategic autonomy, they have thus agreed on a set of principles according to which they will govern themselves in order to ensure political stability, which has always been considered a priority” , says a note published by PSD/Madeira, which won the legislative elections without an absolute majority.
According to the structure, “the necessary conditions are met so that, fulfilling the intention declared from the first hour of PSD/Madeira, the party that won the regional elections of May 26, the budget and the government program are approved as quickly as possible.”
The goal within this framework is to achieve “the stability and predictability that families, workers and businesses so desperately need.”
As part of the agreement announced on Tuesday, the PSD will nominate José Manuel Rodriguez as president of the regional parliament, a position the Christian Democrat has held since 2019.
Together, the SDP and SDS have 21 deputies, which is less than the 24 required for an absolute majority.
In 2019, when the Social Democrats failed to achieve this goal for the first time, the two parties reached a post-election coalition agreement that has governed the archipelago ever since.
They ran together in 2023 but failed to secure an absolute majority for one seat, so Albuquerque—president of the executive branch since 2015—signed a parliamentary influence agreement with the sole PAN deputy.
The elected official lost her political credibility after the Social Democrat was named as a defendant in an investigation into corruption allegations in late January. Albuquerque ultimately resigned and his chief remained in charge, leading to a special election being called.
Last Sunday, eight months after the previous regional elections, the SDP (separate) was the party with the most votes, with 19 MPs. PS retained the 11 seats it held in the last legislature, JPP increased the parliamentary group from five to nine members, Chega still had four members and CDS-PP now had two, while IL and PAN each retained one representative .
Although on Monday the PS and JPP announced an agreement to create an alternative government, the representative of the Republic, Ireneu Barreto, decided, after hearing all the parties with seats in parliament, to nominate the Social Democrat Miguel Miguel Albuquerque to form the government.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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