Socialist apparatus aligns with insurance (and presses ram to officialize the support)

Insurance already adds the support of several socialist district and regional federations, but Carneiro only wants to confirm formal support after the municipalities.

António José Seguro’s presidential candidacy is gaining strength within the Socialist Party, with the explicit support of 12 of the 21 federations district and regional contacted by. Only six chose to postpone a public position, and three remained incontabinesable.

Among those who have not taken a position are figures linked to Pedro Nuno Santos, such as Nuno Araújo (leader of PS-Porto) and Francisco César (PS-Açores). Both underline that the presidential elections do not require voting discipline In the party, reinforcing that the decision will be individual and based on freedom of choice of militants and supporters. Other leaders, such as Luís Testa (Portalegre), Hugo Oliveira (Aveiro), Luís Dias (Évora) and Brian Silva (West), share this position of prudence, stating that the priorities are now in the municipalities.

Insurance supporters believe that their entry into the presidential race Closes the internal debate in the PS About who supports in Bethlehem. For Luís Graça, leader of the PS-Algarve, “the theme is closed” and safe has shown the ability to unite the left and, in a second round, until it captures sectors of the social democratic right. In the same vein, André Pinotes Batista (Setúbal) argues that the PS should not waste time or feed “inconsequential reflections”, appealing to a clear and quick position in favor of insurance.

The increasing pressure for the party officially assumes the insurance candidacy is reinforced by historical figures such as Manuel Alegre, with the Honorary President of the PS publicly asked that the party direction no longer postpone its position.

However, the current unique candidate for PS leadership, José Luís Carneiro, maintains that the presidential agenda must be treated Only after the municipal electionsreaffirming that these are the priority of the party in the short term.