José Sena Goulão / Lusa
The parliamentary leader of the Socialist Party (PS), Alexandra Leitão
The PS and arrival have both 14 deputies who are also candidates in the local elections and will now have to decide whether they will allow them to accumulate two candidacies.
The proximity between legislative and municipal elections is generating uncertainties between the parties, who have not yet decided to allow themselves that candidates for municipal councils Also integrate the lists to the Assembly of the Republic. The PS and the arrival are the parties with the most complex situations, with 14 deputies from each party running for municipal positions.
No Socialist Party, to Parliamentary Leader Alexandra Leitão He is a candidate for the Lisbon Chamber and may have to abandon Parliament if the board decides to exclude municipal candidates from the legislative lists.
Other relevant PS names in this situation include former ministers Manuel Pizarro (Porto), Ana Abrunhosa (Coimbra) and Ana Mendes Godinho (Sintra). Ricardo Costa, a candidate for the Guimarães Chamber, has already announced that he does not re -apply to Parliament.
In the PSD, the impact is smaller, with Just a relevant case: Ricardo Araújo, candidate for the Guimarães Chamber, who can accumulate both applications if the party allows.
The arrival faces the biggest relative challenge, as the 14 candidate deputies correspond to almost 30% of your bench. Among the big names is Pedro Pinto, the parliamentary leader of the party who is also a candidate for the Chamber of Faro, an autarchy considered strategic for the party, which was the most voted in the Algarve in the last legislatures. Other candidates include Rita Matias (Sintra), Rui Paulo Sousa (Amadora) and Filipe Melo (Cascais), among others.
So far, PS, PSD and arrives have not clarified if they will prevent the accumulation of candidates. In PS and arrives, the theme is sensitive, while the PSD should grant freedom of choice to its candidates.
