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Duarte Cordeiro
“José Luís Carneiro has to have room to choose his team. I am not part of this core,” said the former minister.
Duarte Cordeiro or to leave to be part of direction Nationalist Party National (PS). The announcement was made by himself on the channel.
The socialist thinks he should give his place to elements closer to the future secretary general of PS, José Luís Carneiro.
“José Luís Carneiro has to have room to choose your teamChoose the people who are closest to you, the people who have the most affinity for your political project. I am not part of this core And therefore, I will be out of the National Directorate of the PS, ”he said.
But, For now, everything will be in the same. The former Minister of the Environment said that José Luís Carneiro – who will be the only candidate for the leadership of the PS – will start roles with the bodies and with the National Commission that Pedro Nuno Santos already had.
This is because the party decided that the Congress You will only be realized after the municipal elections, marked for October.
“I understand that José Luís Carneiro should change his team from now on. And I understand myself that I must leave From the National Directorate of the Socialist Party as soon as the direct elections happen, ”he added.
In the near future, Duarte Cordeiro is “much more” to Participate in another national agency – You will wait “calmly for the National Congress, to realize how” you can participate in the life of the PS.
Duarte Cordeiro became a hypothesis for the PS leadership, but was out of this race. It was also out of the lists of candidates for deputies in last month’s legislative elections; He is focused on his professional life, he explained.
The former minister would also be the PS favorite for the municipalities, to be a candidate for the Lisbon City Council; but also.
