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The president of the CDS-PP, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, spoke early this Sunday “widely satisfied” with the approval, by the National Council, of the motion of confidence in his leadership, with 54.3% of the votes, and defended that “clarification is given.”
Speaking to journalists at the party’s headquarters in Lisbon, at the end of the National Council vote, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos said that he would know how to interpret the results, and stressed that “the clarification is given by the body itself, which is the National Council. “.
“I will leave here the president of all party members, of those who voted in favor of the motion of confidence of this leadership but also, and above all, of all those who understood not to vote in favor of it. Above all for these, I will strive to convince them that this direction will lead the CDS to the success it deserves, thinking immediately about the next municipal elections, “he defended.
Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos said he was “widely satisfied with the result” and refused to make it look like “a small victory”, arguing that there were councilors who were not elected by local structures, that the directors of his leadership who resigned were not replaced and that “this was a discussion that called on the party to speak at a particularly sensitive moment for the CDS and the country.”
“What is really relevant for me is that the CDS is able to put aside any internal differences that may exist, all row on the same side, speak with one voice and play the discount,” he also considered.
Asked if he fears that critics may still call an early congress, despite the result this Sunday, Rodrigues dos Santos said he did not fear “the rules of the party” and indicated that he was “calm to accept and stop the internal disputes that They are necessary”. .
During the afternoon, when he addressed the national councilors to present the motion of confidence, the president of the CDS said that he will not oppose the holding of an extraordinary congress after the municipal elections.
At the end of the National Council, and questioned if the result of the municipal councils could precipitate this congress, the Christian Democratic leader stressed that “leaders are evaluated by electoral results” and that after the elections they will know how to “take the test.” “and they will not refrain from” doing that analysis. “
As for the five deputies of the parliamentary group, who spoke in favor of an early congress, the Christian Democratic president said that he would make his “assessment” and take “due diligence for the future”, trying to “articulate positions and work” with those elected in opposition to the Government.
The motion of confidence to the National Political Commission, presented by the president of the party, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, was approved by the National Council with 54% of the votes in favor, the president of the board announced that Sunday.
The motion, voted by a digital secret ballot by 265 councilors (using a method that included emails, cell phone messages and security codes), received 144 votes in favor (54.3%), 113 votes against (42.6 %) and eight abstentions (3%). ), according to Filipe Anchorite Correia.
Around 250 members of the CDS-PP National Council have met since 12:10 on Saturday, by videoconference, for a total of 16 hours, to discuss and vote a motion of confidence to the National Political Commission presented by the leader, Francisco Rodrigues . dos Santos, after former vice president Adolfo Mesquita Nunes proposed to hold an early elective congress (before the municipal elections) and announced that he would be a candidate for leadership in the event of such a great meeting.
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