José Luís Carneiro was elected secretary general of the PS, succeeding Pedro Nuno Santos, who resigned after the electoral challenge of the latest legislatures.
Socialist candidate for the Porto Chamber, Manuel Pizarro, greeted the election of José Luís Carneiro as new secretary general of the PS, praising him the courage to take over the party ” difficult”.
“I welcome Dr. José Luís Carneiro’s courage, at a very difficult time for the Socialist Party, assuming the responsibility of leading the PS. I have a lot of expectation that he does it with a spirit of moderation and social insertion that is very important for the PS in Portuguese society and which is very important for Portuguese society,” said Manuel Pizarro, who spoke to journalists on the sidelines of a campaign action in the campaign. Porto.
Second The provisional results, and the last ones that was possible on Saturday, with 92% of the votes cleared, and missing 27 sections, José Luís Carneiro was elected secretary general of PS with 95.4%representing 17,214 votes, having 693 whites and 128 null.
A Participation rate in this electoral act, in which Carneiro was a single candidate, was 48.3%.
