PSD/Porto mayors oppose the nomination of Rui Moreira for the post of head of the European list

Activists and mayors of the PSD/Porto, including Vladimiro Felix, who was the candidate of the Social Democrats for the Chamber of Porto, this Monday opposed the intention of the national leadership to nominate Rui Moreira as the head of the list in the European elections.

Subscribers consider this “a betrayal of the people of Porto, the activists, supporters and mayors elected by the PSD,” saying they have no doubt that “this will leave a deep mark on the trust that the people of Porto have in the PSD.”

“It is clear that, faced with the current rumors and increasingly certain that the current mayor of Porto will be the head of the list put forward by the PSD in the next European elections, we want to make it clear publicly that we separate ourselves from this.” option,” said a statement signed by about two dozen activists, mayors and former mayors of Porto PSD.

The PSD and CDS-PP will meet this Monday evening in Lisbon with their national councils to approve the list of candidates for the European elections and to approve a change in the name of the AD electoral coalition with which they will run in the 2020 elections. the 9th of June.

In the manifesto, which Lusa had access to this Monday, the subscribers claim that they take “this position, thinking only about the interests of the city, about guarantees of its governance and the inclusion of substantive proposals in our program.”

“However, the fact that Rui Moreira saw his popularity decline throughout his term of office has nothing to do with this strategy of trying to always deal with God and the devil, without hiding strong attacks on the national party system, according to interests this is her political project, a system that she now has a great desire to integrate,” they emphasize.

For subscribers, the closeness that independent Rui Moreira “has always maintained and maintains with António Costa, even declaring that “Portugal is lucky to have António Costa as Prime Minister,” makes it difficult or not to understand the recent rapprochement with AD.”

“Porto has never forgiven anyone who leaves it. In the history of the city, the leadership of the current mayor will remain just a line and a point without content,” conclude the subscribers of this manifesto.

Alexandra Rodrigues, activist and entrepreneur of the city of Porto, Alexandra Pinto, activist, PSD leader and member of the leadership of the municipal campaign in Porto 2021, Bernardo Abileira, activist, former leader and mayor of the PSD in the city of Porto, Eduardo Carvalho, activist, former mayor, candidate PSD for the presidency of the parish of Aldoar from the candidacy of Rui Rio in 2009, Fernando Braga de Matos, mayor, and Filipe Sampaio Rodrigues, candidate for the post of PSD councilor in Porto in the 2021 municipal elections, some of the people signing the document.

Added to them are Inácio Roseira, activist, leader and mayoral candidate of the PSD in the 2021 elections, João Pedro Antunes, leader of the PSD, mayor, presidential candidate of the Union of the parishes of Aldoara, Foz do Douro and Nevogilde in 2021. , João Pinto, activist and candidate for the municipality, João Gonçalves, activist, mayor and former president of the PSD/Porto, José Pedro Fonseca, mayor, former leader of the PSD and the JSD, and Luís Magalhães, activist, candidate for councilor of the municipality 2021 elections.

Also presented above is the manifesto Miguel Aroso, mayor and leader of the PSD, Miguel Corte Real, leader of the PSD group in the Municipal Assembly of Porto, Miguel Guimarães, mayor, Nuno Circle de Noronha, activist and mayor, Pedro Vaz Branco, activist and former leader Rita Monteiro de Souza , candidate for councilor and youth representative in the 2021 municipal elections, Tiago Mota e Costa, activist, former president of JSD/Porto and head of the municipal campaign of the PSD in the city of Porto in 2021, and Vladimiro Feliz, candidate for president of the City Council of Porto in 2021 year.