When Luís Montenegro announced that the PS will not count on the PSD for a regionalization referendum in 2024, there was not exactly a stir in the National Socialist leadership. The proposal was even included in the electoral program of the PS —in the meantime transformed into a government program—, but among the Socialists there is no urgency to hold the referendum in 2024, when a defeat at the polls can be assured. disastrousand above all, at this stage, the PS of Costa I don’t want to confront the Montenegrin SDP.
“We do not want this to be a confrontational issue”, a party leader told the Observer when asked about the position now taken by the new PSD leadership on the regionalization referendum. A senior leader adds that the postponement of the referendum is not even a problem for the PS, which is still in a difficult negotiation with the mayors to be able to carry out the decentralization process, the final agreement having seen the first positive signs in the meetings of mayors that took place this Tuesday.
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Source: Observadora
