“Algarve is not fascist.” PS begins autopsy to the loss of votes for arrival

From eternal promises to fulfill or lack of labor, the PS National Commission pointed out several factors that explain the electoral dispute and the great growth of arrives in socialist bastions.

After the votes of the emigrants even confirmed that the PS fell even to the third political force in Parliament, the party now a harsh reflection begins Internal after the historical defeat in the last May 18 elections, which marked the advance of arrival in traditionally socialist districts such as the Algarve and Portalegre.

During the meeting of the National Party Commission at the Hotel Altis, in Lisbon, voices like Luís Graça and Luís Testa pointed to internal and structural failures that help explain the electoral dispute.

Luís Graça, leader of the PS in the Algarve and former deputy, was straightforward: “Algarve is not fascist. It was the PS that failed to democracy. ” According to the leader, the party cannot continue to label the arrival as “fascist” or “racist” without offering concrete answers to the real problems of the populations, says the Express.

The socialist leader also considers that there is a divorce between the promises of the PS and the local reality. The most symbolic example is the eternal promise of a new central hospital in the Algarve, which never leaves the paper, in addition to the EN125 requalification works, which are still stopped on the section between Olhão and Vila Real de Santo António.

Another factor pointed out was the impact of immigration. Tourism, the region’s main economic engine, boosts records of revenue, but It is not reflected in wages. According to Graça, “young Algarve had work in tourism, but they no longer have,” as employers are resorting to immigrants willing to work in harder conditions. On the other hand, the real estate pressure created by immigration further aggravates exclusion: houses that 10 immigrants lease together, for inflated values, are inaccessible to young people.

In Portalegre, where the PS lost to the arrival in a circle with only two deputies, the reality is distinct. Luís Testa, the only socialist parliamentary elected in the district, stresses that there the problem is not excessive immigration, but its scarcity. “There is not enough labor For sectors such as agriculture and agribusiness, ”he said.

According to forehead, the recovery of the PS does not “unravel the mysteries of the origin of purgatory”, but by offering concrete solutions to local aspirations, either in the Algarve or in the deep interior of the country.