Alentejo Central: PS and CDU maintain disagreement to elect the President of the CIM.
More than two months after the local elections held on 01 October, the election of the president of the Intermunicipal Community of Central Alentejo (CIMAC) It remains stalled, with differences between the mayors of the PS and CDU.
At a meeting of the inter-municipal council, held this week, was a vote for the presidency of CIMAC where the PS candidate reached eight votes against six of the CDU candidate, revealed today Lusa party sources.
The same sources indicated that the PS candidate is the socialist mayor of Reguengos de Monsaraz, José Calixto, and that the CDU candidate is the president of the Chamber of Évora, Communist Carlos Pinto de Sá.
In the last municipal elections, PS regained the greatest number of chambers in the Évora district, six, ahead of the CDU, which was reduced to five, including Évora, while the other three municipalities remain in “hands” independent movements.
“The results [Election for CIMAC] as the president and vice presidents are inconclusive”, He told Lusa the president of the Chamber of Évora, Carlos Pinto de Sá (CDU), claiming that “there were no two cumulative Bulk, as required by law”.
in election, according to the Communist mayor, “eight cameras, six of the PS and of Borba and Redondo, led by independent movements, They voted for the Socialist candidate and the remaining municipalities, which has the most voters, They voted for the CDU candidate”.
Sá Pinto stressed that, for the election of the President of CIMAC, the law requires “simple majority Cams” and another related to the “number of voters”, concluding that, so, “can not elect the president” and it will be necessary “find solutions” at the next meeting of the inter-municipal council, scheduled for 19 Of this month.
Also speaking to Lusa, President of Reguengos Chamber Monsaraz, or socialist José Calixto, argued that local authorities should “make an effort to have opinions” on the interpretation of legislation, adding that the PS “They intend to do so”.
“It seems to be a way to try to clear up a mess that has to do with the fact that there is a vote and, apparently, We do not want to take the administrative consequences result”, said.
The socialist mayor said he expected “the authorities can help tell which way to go”, admitting ask advice to the Commission for Coordination and Regional Development of Alentejo (Crcdria) and Government.
“Not to lose all the capital of consensus that had CIMAC always, we assume that the criteria were the same as other election cycles”, considered, insisting that the political force that has the largest number of cameras must present President.
The CIMAC was led in the last four years by the President of Montemor-o-Novo House, hydrangea Boy (CDU).
