MP Rui Rocha was elected this Sunday as the new leader of the Liberal Initiative, succeeding Joao Cotrim de Figueiredo, with a proposal submitted by his list to the executive committee with 51.7% of the vote.
List L of Rui Rocha, presented under the motto “Liberalism for all”, won 51.7% of the vote.
Carla Castro’s M list under the motto “Our Liberal Initiative” won 44% of the vote.
List A José Cardoso with the proposal “Party and country not afraid of the freedom of others” won 4.3% of the vote.
Following the announcement of the results, Rui Rocha’s list took the stage in a celebratory atmosphere, receiving many hugs from his supporters.
On the last day of the 7th IL National Convention at the Lisbon Congress Center, members voted digitally for all the party’s national bodies and “hands in the air” for industry proposals on the day marked by the clock. work delay.
The succession of João Cotrim Figueiredo was represented by more than one list for the first time in the history of the party, with deputies and leaders Ruy Rocha and Carla Castro and national council member José Cardoso contesting the leadership at the 7th National Congress of the Party. IL that ends this Sunday in Lisbon.
According to the convention’s charter, “the proposal that receives a simple majority is approved by the National Assembly as the global strategy proposal” and “the executive committee elects the list that proposes the global strategy proposal that receives the largest number of votes.”
For the first time in the history of the IL, the dispute for leadership in the party was between more than one list.
According to the charter, the Executive Committee is the leadership of the party, that is, the body responsible for the day-to-day political behavior of the party, for its structuring and continuous management.
At the last congress in December 2021, the single list of João Cotrim Figueiredo to the Executive Committee of the Liberal Initiative (IL) was elected with 94% of the vote.
On December 8, 2019, at a large meeting in Pombal, where he was elected for the first term, Joao Cotrim Figueiredo, who also nominated the only candidate, won 96% of the votes at the III National Party Congress.
The VII Congress of the Liberal Initiative was held from Saturday to Sunday at the Lisbon Congress Center. About 2,300 party members registered at a large meeting elected a new party leader.
In the first elected convention in IL history (established in 2017), Rui Rocha and Carla Castro, both deputies and members of the outgoing board, as well as national councilor José Cardoso, contested the presidency of the Executive Committee.
Author: morning Post and Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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