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After the PSD’s victory in the Azores, post-election scenarios are already being created, but many parties are taking cautious decisions regarding governmental and democratic stability in the archipelago.
Chega’s vice-president refuses to bring down the PSD government in the Azores. Speaking to Observador radio, he says that the party does not want to associate with the PS and insists that the main objective is to “desocialize” the country.
António Tânger Corrêa, vice-president of Chega, admitted this Monday that the party is prepared to collaborate with the PSD on the measures it deems necessary for Portugal.
Therefore, Chega will not bring down the recently elected PSD government in the Azores which, despite the coalition with CDS and PPM, did not have an absolute majority.
Even so, Tânger Corrêa says that Chega could present a motion to reject a possible Democratic Alliance government.
The result of the Azorean elections left the Socialist Party at a crossroads. Or enables a government led by Jose Manuel Bolieiroor failing this Government, runs the risk of seeing Chega in power.
In a statement to SIC, Francisco Assis, who will be head of Porto’s list in the next legislative elections, was clear: “The PS has the obligation to make it possible for the AD Government to abstain“. It only adds that the party’s autonomy in the archipelago must be safeguarded.
Another figure close to Pedro Nuno Santos has also defended that the Socialists must facilitate a new Executive right-wing. For Pedro Delgado Alves, this is what defending stability in the Azores requires.