(Exclusive) Beja: Two candidates for President of the Polytechnic. Isidro Féria gave up.
John Paul Trinidad and Carlos Silva, They will be announced this afternoon as the candidates for President of the Polytechnic Institute of Beja, to replace Vito Carioca no charge. Isidro Féria gave up.
John Paul Trinity, between 2005 and 2009 He interrupted his career as a teacher, since he was elected mayor of Alvito and Carlos Silva, a figure from the University of Evora, They will be announced this afternoon by the Electoral Commission, como os dois candidatos ao cargo de Presidente do Instituto Politécnico de Beja (IPBeja) and thus succeed Vito Carioca, who served two terms, and you can not reapply.
Has learned the Lidador News (LN) with supply of the institution, Isidro Féria, who came to show their willingness to run for office, dropped this claim.
Feria is vice president of IPBeja few years ago and on behalf of the Coordinating Council of Higher Polytechnic Institutes, part, since June 2016, a working group established by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education.
The LN found that the allusion that the Polytechnic Institute of Beja not fear the future because the institution has "deposit(s) the term worth 5 million euros ", generated "great discomfort and any revolt" in some sectors of the institution, where lives the cost containment. This situation might have done back Isidro Féria, it was seen as a “Figure continuity” the Polytechnic management.
It is recalled that Vito Carioca comes to “end of the line” as President of the Polytechnic Institute of Beja, after being first elected in 2009, replacing in the position Jose Luis Ramalho, It was reelected in 2013.
The process began with the election of the General Council, body composed of 21 elements (*) and will be responsible for the election of the new president of IPBeja, by ballot.
According to the Election Regulations, may apply for the president's IPBeja: teachers and researchers of the institution or other institutions, national or foreign, higher education or research and individuals of recognized merit and relevant professional experience.
After the announcement of candidates, it follows after the public hearing of the candidates, with presentation and discussion of their action program, ending with the final vote of the General Council, by absolute majority, by secret ballot.
The Statute of IPBeja, provide that the General Council is “reserved the possibility to opt out” for any application.
(*) Composition of the General Council: four teachers and researchers from the Agricultural School, four of the Superior School of Technology and Management, Two of the School of Education and another of the School of Health Sciences. Students are represented by three students and non-teaching staff by an officer and six personalities, coopted of recognized merit outside the institution.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
