In the district of Beja the victory was for Paulo Rangel, which had the support of the president of the District, Gonçalo Valente. JSD supported Rui Rio, who accused that the overwhelming majority of leaders went in a certain sense by “personal interests” and not “for the interest of the party”.
The current leader of the PSD, Rui Rio, and MEP Paulo Rangel disputed this Saturday for the presidency of the party, in direct elections with close to 46 a thousand militants who could vote.
With 337 subscribers, Beja was one of the districts with the lowest electoral weight in these elections. According to the PSD website, to 22,50 hours, these were the numbers:
Paulo Rangel: 172 votes-61.43%, Rui Rio: 108 votes-38.57% 108
Subscribers: 337, voters: 281, abstentions: 52 (15,43%), blank votes: 1 (0,36%) to find out: 4
in the victory speech, Rui Rio attributed the same to base activists, justifying that “is the victory of the base militants”, stated, considering that there is a divorce between the leaders and the bases. To Rui Rio, the overwhelming majority of the leaders went in a certain sense for “personal interests” and not “for the interest of the party”.
In turn, the defeated candidate, Paulo Rangel guaranteed that he will give Rio its “loyal and effective collaboration”, whereas this internal election “reinforced the legitimacy of the PSD leader”, being confident that the election will have “positive consequences” for the party in the legislative.
In the district of Beja, remember that on social networks, Gonçalo Valente, President of PSD Beja District, addressed party activists and friends and expressed his personal support for Paulo Rangel, justifying “recognize your preparation to be prime minister”, and that its binding spirit “made me believe it was possible again”, ending the publication with a strong appeal: “let's change the party, let's win the country!”, concluded.
The JSD District of Beja, it came later to the pubic and in a statement advocating that it be "revised" by the “values ​​that are so dear to the PSD, like the fellowship, integrity and an unmistakable patriotic sense”, arguing that he was the leader for the party and the best option for future Prime Minister”, rematavam.
After this election, what will be the position of the PSD District of Beja, taking into account the personal support of its president for the defeated candidate, Paulo Rangel.
District Assembly of Beja
José Pinela Fernandes, Chairman of the Board, called an Ordinary District Assembly, to perform on the day 29 November, (Monday) by 21h00, at the District Headquarters, located at Praça da República nº17 1stDrt., in Beja with the following work order: Definition of the candidate's profile for the January Legislative Elections 2022.
Last day 15, the direction of the PSD presented a schedule that foresees that the councils, in the district of Beja there are four: Beja, Ourique, Almodovar and Moura, give indications on the lists of deputies to the districts and these make the communication to the national direction. According to the document, negotiations between the districts and the direction should take place until 6 of December, but he is the president of the PSD, in the case of Rui Rio, which has the extension of choosing the candidates.
In 2015 and 20189 National Directorate ignored the District of Beja
In the first of the legislative, the District PSD chose the name Mário Simões, which has not been accepted nationally, having been replaced by Nilza de Sena. Also in 2019, the National Directorate of the PSD made a "clean board" of the district's decision. The choice in Beja had fallen on warrior Inês, but later Rui Rio chose Henrique Silvestre Ferreira.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
