President during 12 year old, between 2005 and 2017, Manuel Narra, is “counting shotguns” for a possible candidacy for the Vidigueira Chamber in the Local Elections of 2021.
The assumption of this candidacy for the “Vila dos Gamas” council was expressed by the retired bank employee, of 56 year old, on your facebook page when you wrote: “I'm thinking …… yes, it is a strong possibility ”, which immediately generated great expectations among friends, who questioned him about the riddle.
Manuel Narra hurried to explain that the phrase expressed the thoughtfulness and willingness to “walk on paths already taken”, in a clear allusion to the return to local authority, adding “let's see what conditions we have in 2021” concluded.
Manuel Narra served three terms as president of Vidigueirense city council, that always managed with an absolute majority, until in 2017 you cannot re-run because you are hit by the law that limits successive municipal executive mandates to three.
The Lidador News (LN) contacted Manuel Narra, who declined to make “comments” about a candidacy in the next Municipal Elections to the Vidigueira Chamber. LN found that since the beginning of December, Narra has met with several people from the county to understand what support he can count on to take on a candidacy, who knows a certainty, “Move forward with or without CDU support”.
Local Elections of 2017
In the post-Narra era, CDU maintained the leadership of Vidigueira Chamber, with Rui Raposo, but not having an absolute majority, which was opposed by the PS, on a list led by José Miguel Almeida and the “MIV-Movimento Vidigueira Independente”, whose head was Helena D’Aguilar, vice president of the last Executive led by Manuel Narra.
The PSD dropped the candidacy that was led by Guido Rodrigues and that of Luís Amado, former president of the Vila de Frades Parish Council, elected by the CDU, that withdrew the hypothesis of a candidacy for the chamber in the name of Livre.
In an election where they were registered 4.814 voters, having voted 3.312, which corresponded to a rate of 68,8%, a CDU- 1.479 votes (44,66%) and two terms, PS- 1.177 votes (35,54%) and two mandates and MVI- 552 votes (16,67%) and a mandate.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
