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The Chega leader said Tuesday that he will appeal to the Constitutional Court sand the parliament refuses to suspend its deputy to be able to campaign as a presidential candidate.
As soon as the elections are scheduled [presidenciais]I think it will happen in November, Chega will begin to make the legal preparations for the suspension of the mandate. If the parliament does not give this suspension of mandate, we will have a conflict that will end in the Constitutional Court ”.
The only deputy of the party in the Assembly of the Republic spoke with journalists in the center of Ponta Delgada, as part of a campaign action for the regional legislative elections in the Azores, scheduled for Sunday.
André Ventura explained that he met last week with the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Ferro Rodrigues, having been “clear and clear” that “there would be no possibility” there was suspension of mandate to participate in the campaign in the Azores, reason why it did not request it.
“What was also indicated is that, as soon as the presidential election is scheduled and after the State Budget for 2021, I will ask for the suspension of the mandate. They also told me that it cannot be granted, even during the formal campaign period for the Presidency of the Republic, “he added, appealing to” common sense prevail. “
The Chega leader guaranteed that will not “surrender” to be a deputy in the Assembly of the Republic and a candidate in the presidential elections, considering that “a strategy” is underway to stop him in parliament and “prevent” him from being a presidential candidate.
Six months after the end of the term of the current president of the Republic, there are seven candidates for the position of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the election must be held in January of next year.
They are the deputy André Ventura (Chega), the lawyer and founder of the Liberal Initiative Tiago Mayan Gonçalves, the leader of the Republican Democratic Party (PDR), Bruno Fialho, the MEP and leader of BE Marisa Matias, former deputy of the European Parliament and the director of the PS, Ana Gomes, Vitorino Silva (better known as Tino de Rans) and João Ferreira, of the PCP. Orlando Cruz, a former CDS activist, refused to run.
