More than 16 thousand members voted on Friday, the first day of internal elections, to elect a new PS general secretary and successor to António Costa in the post, the party said in a statement this Saturday.
“These data show that the participation rate among activists with the right to vote is 76%,” the PS indicated in the same note sent to Lusa.
The elections took place without any incident in the district federations of Lisbon, Oeste Regional, as well as in the district federations of Aveiro, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Évora, Guarda, Leiria, Portalegre, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo. and Vila Real, he added.
Voting will continue this Saturday in the district federations of Braga, Coimbra, Porto, Santarem, Viseu, as well as in the regional federations of Algarve, Baixo Alentejo, Azores and Madeira.
About 60 thousand socialist activists are choosing a successor to António Costa as general secretary of the Social Democratic Party. Jose Luis Carneiro, Pedro Nuno Santos and Daniel Adriano applied for this position.
The electoral process in the IPS began with the resignation of António Costa as Prime Minister on November 7, after it became known that he was the subject of a judicial investigation launched by the prosecutor’s office at the Supreme Court. Justice under Operation Influential.
In addition to the new party leader, the Socialists will elect 1,400 delegates (to which will be added 1,100 delegates in essence) to the National Congress, which will meet from January 5 to 7 at the Lisbon International Fair.
The first election results will be announced at 23:30 at the PS national headquarters by the President of the Congress Organizing Committee (COC), Pedro do Carmo.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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