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José Luís Carneiro Elected Secretary-General of PS
The socialist leader guarantees that he will remove political confidence from any municipal candidate who makes a post-election agreement with André Ventura’s party.
One month from the municipal elections of October 12, the Socialist Party (PS) is prepared to formalize an internal commitment: none of its candidates can establish post-election agreements with arrival. Who disrespects the orientation will immediately lose political confidence of the direction.
The guarantee was given by the PS secretary general in an interview with. José Luís Carneiro stresses that this is a principle “to safeguard while having political responsibilities in the party.” The determination will be formalized in the autarchic conventionwhere socialist candidates will sign the commitment.
Asked about the possibility of situations where an agreement with arrival was necessary to guarantee local governance, the socialist leader was categorical: “The House will continue to be governed, but not by mayors who have lost the confidence of the PS.” Thus, the elected would keep the mandates, but would fail to represent the party.
The socialist strategy comes at a time when it arrives strongly bets on municipalities, with dozens of deputies of the Assembly of the Republic now candidates for municipal councils. For the PS Secretary-General, this option reveals weaknesses: “Either they are offending the confidence of citizens who elected them three months ago, or do not believe in the victory in the municipalities.”
Confronted with sometimes in the past where the PS did the same, the socialist leader distinguishes the cases: “One thing is three or four deputies connecting to the territory. half of a parliamentary bench launched as parachutists. ”
Regarding the presidential, Carneiro refused to anticipate strategies or give guarantees on support to António José Seguro, referring decisions to the National Commission after the municipalities. He admitted, however, that the insurance candidacy in the center-left space is “increasingly naturalAnd that its history as former secretary-general of the PS will “count”.
As for the future of domestic leadership, he said he was focused exclusively on the municipalities and service to the country: “2026 Issues I leave to 2026.”
