António Vitorino
Candidacy “could not gather consensus” within the PS: I always said that there should be only one candidate in this political area.
The former European commissioner António Vitorino announced on Thursday that he will not compete for next year’s presidential elections, noting that his candidacy “failed to gather consensus” to be unique in his political area.
“I will not introduce myself to the candidate. I always said, I was always consistent, that There should be only one candidate in this political area (…) And manifestly there is a given objective: my candidacy could not gather consensus so that I could be a unique candidacy of this area and so I will not present myself, ”said António Vitorino na.
The former European Commissioner emphasized that does not gather “the conditions to be the center-left candidate ”.
At a time when the Socialist Party has not yet manifested itself as to the presidential candidate who will support, Vitorino walks away while António José Seguroformer secretary-general of the party, who will be a candidate for Belém.
But “the fact that it introduces me doesn’t mean there will be only one [candidatura no centro-esquerda] Said Vitorino, without further details on the subject.
The PS should only pronounce on the matter after the local elections, which should be scheduled for October, the public advanced last week.
