Remember that the head of state has been listening to the parties this Wednesday regarding the situation in the archipelago. This afternoon there is still a meeting of the Council of State and after this meeting between Marcelo and the advisors, confirmation is expected.
It was the penultimate party to be received at the Palácio de Belém and upon leaving the president of PS/Madeira, Paulo Cafôfo, confirmed the information already revealed by Diário de Notícias da Madeira: the archipelago is actually going to elections.
This, said the socialist, is the intention of the head of state. Dissolve the Madeiran Parliament and call early regional elections for May 26th.
“We, in this field, are in agreement and in tune with the President of the Republic, whether in the reasons or in the decisions. And the President of the Republic conveyed to us his intention to dissolve the Regional Assembly and to call elections for the May 26th. And, therefore, we leave here satisfied”, he stated.
The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is holding meetings in Lisbon today from 10 am with the nine parties with parliamentary seats in Madeira, before meeting at 6 pm the Council of State, the political body of consultation with the head of State, in which the scenario of dissolving the Regional Legislative Assembly of Madeira and calling early elections will be assessed.
It should be noted that, if this date is confirmed, it will be the same day that the campaign for the European elections will begin and just two weeks before they take place.
Remember, the Regional Government of Madeira has been in management since February, when Miguel Albuquerque resigned following an investigation into alleged corruption in the Autonomous Region.
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