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Sérgio Sousa Pinto informed PS leader Pedro Nuno Santos that he does not want to join the lists of candidates for deputies in the next legislative elections.
The PS deputy, with a seat in the Assembly of the Republic since 2009, was placed in the fourth place by the electoral circle of Lisbonbehind Miguel Cabrita (former Secretary of State for Social Security) and Edite Estrela in a list headed by.
However, Sérgio Sousa Pinto refuses to join the list And already “communicated to Pedro Nuno Santos the unavailability to be a candidate for not reviewing the team that the party will present in May,” the.
A source of the PS management confirmed the information in statements to.
It ensures, however, that “the reason invoked” by Sérgio Sousa Pinto to be left out of the PS lists was “the fact that have been behind”By Mariana Vieira da Silva, Edite Estrela and Miguel Cabrita.
This retreat arises after Sérgio Sousa Pinto have told Pedro Nuno Santos who agreed to join the list by Lisbon, according to the Renaissance.
The socialist lists were chosen by the National Political Commission of PS, an organ that Sérgio Sousa Pinto integrates. However, the Renaissance notes that the deputy missed the meeting where they were approved.
Sérgio Sousa Pinto is “very angry” with Pedro Nuno Santos
A socialist source close to Sérgio Sousa Pinto reveals to the Renaissance that he has been demonstrating in recent times great disappointment with the direction of politics ”of the PS.
It is not “according to many of the decisions of the management of the PS”, considering that “has not valued their ideas and political positions“.
Sérgio Sousa Pinto will be “very angry because he is neither considered nor recognized nor politically valued” by the direction of Pedro Nuno Santos, says the same source.
Low weight for the PS
Sérgio Sousa Pinto is, currently, One of the main media figures of the PSfar from your position as a commentator at SIC Notícias.
It is also one of the socialist deputies with greater parliamentary experience. But it will now be left out of the next Assembly of the Republic that is chosen next May.
The observer notes that Sérgio Sousa Pinto “Do not feel comfortable in integrating these lists by Do not feel identified with them“.
Sérgio Sousa Pinto is known for not having shame Opinions contrary to the PS. And after supporting Pedro Nuno Santos in the internal elections against José Luís Carneiro, he did not inhibit some of his positions.
