Alliance. Santana already has a successor. Also came from PSD

Former Torres Vedras councilor Paulo Bento replaced Pedro Santana Lopes as president of the Aliança party on Sunday after the election in the congress that ended in that city of the Lisbon district.

Paulo Bento, who was a PSD activist before joining the Alliance and worked with Santana Lopes at the Santa Casa da Misericórdia in Lisbon, took advantage of the closing of the congress to ask the “non-socialist” parties to become an alternative to the PS in future elections.

In the closing speech of the congress, Paulo Bento defended that “the way is, in conjunction with the efforts to serve the country”, that the parties present themselves to the electorate as an alternative to the socialists.

Regarding the presidential elections, the new leader of the Alliance sent a decision after the first meeting of the Senate, the highest body between congresses.

Paulo Bento warned that, in the “exceptional situation” that the country is going through due to the covid-19 pandemic, “you cannot have people who do not enjoy the National Health Service,” defended the security forces, saying that it is essential ” It resolved the regional asymmetries “of the country and considered it necessary” to create the conditions for companies to create wealth and distribute it better.

During the congress, the militants António Pedro, Bruno Ferreira Costa, Alexandre Nascimento and Paulo Bento presented strategy motions, assuming as candidates for the presidency.