Miguel A. Lopes / Lusa
The President of arrives, André Ventura
The arrival announced, this Friday, the lists for the legislative elections of 18 March. André Ventura retreated in “never ever” Luís Montenegro… since the prime minister gives “explanations.”
Well says the saying that “Never say”.
After on March 18 André Venturareferring to Luís Montenegroto have stated that he would never make agreements “with suspects of corruption”, repeating that; Now, the arrival leader already admits to understand himself with the AD candidate, if there is explanations.
The president of the arrival defended the Formation of a right -wing government Even if the PS overcomes the legislatures and did not fully exclude an understanding with AD, if there are explanations of the current Prime Minister.
According to André Ventura, “the arrival is available, but not at all costs”, and Montenegro must “explain how it has the heritage that has in the exercise of political activity ”.
“As long as I can’t realize, and it arrives not to realize, how or where the prime minister went to seek this whole heritage he has, for us there is no possibility of any understanding,” he said at a press conference at the arrival headquarters in Lisbon.
Ventura imposes condition
“Therefore, the Prime Minister or has an explanation for thisreasonable and credible, Or it is not worth make no [de entendimento]”He stressed.
Earlier, the arrival of the arrival manifested the ambition to see his party becomes the most voted force on the right and stressed that “all polls indicate that the PSD and the arrival will have a majority in these elections, all, even those who say the PS can win.”
“Even if the PS will be the party with more votes, which we hope will not happen, The arrival will do everything to ensure that there will be a right -wing government In Portugal that drives the socialists from the center of power, ”he said.
Arrives presents lists
At a press conference, at the headquarters of the arrival in Lisbon, Ventura announced that António Pinto Pereirawhich was a list head by Coimbra in 2024, will now be outside the party lists.
Asked about this way out of the lists, the arrival president said only that it was a decision he made and seems to him “the one that best safeguards the interests of the party.”
The deputy Henrique de Freitaswhich a year ago was number one per Portalegre, also jumped out. And didn’t like it.
In a set of messages sent to the Lusa Agency, Henrique de Freitas, who was also working as chairman of the Portalegre do Aca District Political Commission, indicated that dismissed from the district “with immediate effects”.
O Former Secretary of State of Governments of the PSD He describes that he received a call from the party president, André Ventura, to communicate “that he would no longer be the head of the list” in Portalegre.
In the answer, Henrique de Freitas manifests “Huge disappointment”stressing that he thought that the party president knew how to “evaluate the political merit” of the parliamentary group.
“I was wrong roundly. I am sorry for you and regret“It reads in the message directed to Ventura, sent to Lusa.
Portalegre’s electoral circle is the one that elects the least deputies in the country, only two, having in the last elections the mandates to Ricardo Pinheiro (PS) and Henrique de Freitas (arrives), former PSD.
“There is a time when the presidents of the parties have to make decisions, in the face of the work carried out and in the face of what is intended, and the profile that is intended, and the results to be achieved,” explained André Ventura, when asked about the removal of Henrique de Freitas, former millionaire and manager of the PSD.
Interrogated if he was unhappy with the work of Henrique de Freitas, he replied, “No, I don’t say disgruntly. People can sometimes not be candidates again without questioning the work they did. In this case I I understand that there is a more suitable profile for the next four years And that this profile fits the doctor João Aleixo in Portalegre. You don’t have to see it with more or less happy. ”
In Coimbra the head of the list will now be the president of the district ,.
In addition to these circles and the Azores, also in Évora there will be a head change: instead of Diva Ribeiro, will be the deputy Jorge Galveias The first candidate of the arrival.
About the choice of Pedro Frazãoa year head of the list by Santarém, for the circle of Aveirohe explained that it aims to “guarantee a fight and balance application in a difficult district”, where “Pedro Nuno Santos and Luís Montenegro will be candidates” and that it is “a strong traditional district of the PSD and CDS”.
