The XV Government of Madeira (PSD) took office this Thursday in the Legislative Assembly, and the President of the Regional Parliament said that the result of the early elections called by the President of the Republic has led to the further destruction of the political system.
“Now is not the time to evaluate the correctness of the decision of the President of the Republic. [Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa] call on our people to vote again, but the truth is that the result was not enlightening, on the contrary, it led to an even greater disruption of the functioning of our political system,” said José Manuel Rodríguez (CDS-PP).
Speaking at the inauguration of the Madeiran executive, chaired by Miguel Albuquerque, the president of the region’s main government body noted that “months passed, campaign after campaign, from election to election, which increased tension and turbulence in Madeiran society.”
“That is why our first task, in which the government plays a decisive role, is to normalize public life, restore the normal functioning of institutions and promote the pacification of all political forces in our community,” he said.
José Manuel Rodrigues stressed that “the most complex and most demanding legislative body in the history of democracy and autonomy in Madeira” begins today, arguing that “for the first time in almost five decades, a regional minority government comes to power, the governance of which depends on the dialogue and negotiations that are maintained between them and other political forces represented in parliament.”
“Today a new political cycle begins in Madeira, which calls on everyone to take new positions, new behavior and, above all, forces us to great democratic humility,” he warned.
The President of the Madeira Legislative Assembly, re-elected today after only a third vote, defended that a stable government is necessary for trust in institutions and subsequent investments that create employment and wealth, pointing out that “those who do not understand this reality or ignore it are making a dangerous mistake , which the people of Madeira will not forgive.”
“The people of Madeira fervently desire and have the right to a fully functional government that can achieve, through negotiations with all parties, the approval of a budget that will lift public administration out of the paralysis in which it has been plunged and allow for investment. and it is necessary to resume work that will make the most of European funds, reduce taxes and create conditions of confidence for the resumption of private investment,” he stressed.
José Manuel Rodrigues also warned of the need to raise wages, lower taxes, achieve “a better distribution of wealth that will correct social inequality and injustice,” and respond to the housing problem.
The chairman of the regional Legislative Assembly also spoke in favor of “a new stage in relations with the republic to resolve issues such as the revision of the law on regional finances, the creation of our own tax system, the issue of airport operability, and the problem of subsidies.” mobility in air transport, revision of the law of the sea, respect for the principle of territorial continuity and better and fairer coverage of the costs associated with insularity.”
But he warned: “Political-ideological harmony between those who govern the continent and those who govern the Azores and Madeira could help resolve many outstanding issues between the state and our archipelagos, but those who think this will be an obstacle to us fiercely defend the rights of the island peoples, or that we will ever throw down the flag of autonomy and our claims to have more power and authority in revising the Constitution.”
The SDP won the expected regional elections on May 26 with 19 deputies elected, leaving it five terms short of achieving an absolute majority. The PS elected 11 deputies, the AKP nine, Chega four and SDS-PP two, while IL and PAN elected one deputy each.
The SDP signed a parliamentary agreement with the centrists after the elections, but still did not win an absolute majority.
The early elections in Madeira took place eight months after the previous regional elections, after the President of the Republic dissolved the Madeiran parliament following a political crisis triggered in January when the leader of the regional government (PSD/CDU-PP), Miguel Albuquerque, was named as a defendant in a case of alleged corruption. on the archipelago.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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