André Ventura: “I will fight with everything I have to be second in the presidential elections” – Actualité



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“I will fight with everything I have to stay in second place in the first round of the presidential elections in January. I will give everything I have so that in the next legislatures we can send BE to the place it should be, which is behind Chega, ”André Ventura said.

Ventura also anticipated that Chega will be “the big surprise” in the 2021 municipal elections, after forcing Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to run for a second round in the presidential elections.

“We want the second round of the presidential elections in Portugal to be the third political force in the next legislative elections and to be the great surprise of the local elections that we are going to hold next year in Portugal,” he said.

The president re-elected on September 5 also defended proposals to change the party’s statutes to “stabilize” internal life, for example increasing the terms of office to four years instead of the current three or the creation of national and local youth parties. , but not elected, previously nominated by the direction and district sections.

“The party that many said should not even be legalized has now passed to the party that everyone fears, the party that everyone wants to join to form a government,” he congratulated himself for promising soon that this political force “will never bend or sell. To the system “.

According to Ventura, Chega was not born “to transport anywhere, the PSD or any other part.”

The II National Convention of Chega began today in Évora, at 11:15 am, with a delay of more than an hour, beginning with a speech by the president, André Ventura.

With nearly 600 participants (among delegates, guests and observers) in the audience, Ventura received a standing ovation upon arrival, 14 days after obtaining 99.1% of the votes of around 10,000 militants, in the direct elections for the presidency of the cupola. national.

The leader of the national populist party arrived to the tune of an epic song by a militant made specifically for the occasion.

The event takes place in a mega tent at Quinta Nova do Degebe, a specialized wedding venue on the outskirts of Évora, under the motto “Por Portugal, Pelos Portugueses”.

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