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Miguel Albuquerque, president of the Regional Government of Madeira
Discussion of the motion of censure presented by Chega was postponed until December 17th. It remains to be seen what the JPP decides.
The conference of party representatives of the Legislative Assembly of the Madeira scheduled for December 17th the discussion of motion of censure presented by Chega ao Regional Government minority of the PSD, after the Budget discussion for 2025.
Speaking to journalists after the representatives’ conference meeting, the president of the Madeiran parliament, José Manuel Rodrigues, indicated that a PSD request so that the motion of censure could be discussed after the vote on the Regional Budget.
The social democrats’ document received favorable votes from the proponent, PS, CDS-PP and PAN, the abstention do JPP and the vote contra do He arrives. IL’s sole deputy was not present at the meeting.
The discussion of the region’s Budget for 2025 will take place between December 9th and 12th and the motion of censure was therefore scheduled for December 17th.
On Wednesday, the president and parliamentary leader of Chega/Madeira, Miguel Castro, announced at a press conference that he submitted a motion of censure to the Regional Government to the Madeiran parliament.
Miguel Castro justified the decision with the judicial investigations which are being made to the president of the executive, Miguel Albuquerque, and four regional secretaries, and all of them were named defendants.
“We believe that at this moment the government led by Miguel Albuquerque and Miguel Albuquerque does not have the conditions to lead the Autonomous Region of Madeira”, said the regional leader of Chega, admitting to withdrawing the motion if another solution is presented to the executive.
Miguel Albuquerque was constituted defendant at the end of January in an investigation investigating suspicions of corruption, abuse of power and malfeasance, among others. At issue are alleged favoritism of businesspeople by public authorities, in exchange for compensation.
However, in September, the regional secretaries of Finance (Rogério Gouveia), Health and Civil Protection (Pedro Ramos) and Equipment and Infrastructure (Pedro Fino) were accused, as part of the “AB INITIO” operation, on suspicions of criminality. economic and financial.
Last week, another case was announced involving the Secretary of Economy, Tourism and Culture, Eduardo Jesus, who was also indicted.
Miguel Albuquerque has already publicly declared that the PSD is ready for all scenarios, including new early regional legislative elections.
O PS ea IL announced that they will vote favor of the motion of censure, while JPP e PAN yet will decide with their party structures.
It is likely that the motion of censure will be approved: the 15 deputies from Chega and PS must be joined by the 9 from JPP; and then he would have the necessary 24 votes.
In this scenario, Madeira will go through its third legislative elections in around a year and a half.
