The PSD/Madeira leader, Miguel Albuquerque, declared this Sunday that next year’s challenge is “overcome socialism and colonialism” from Lisbonpredicting that the party will again win the national and regional elections.
Everything is combined so that next year will be one of emotions, struggle and political combat”, said the president of the Social Democrats, who was speaking at the PSD/Madeira Annual Party, at the Herdade do Chão da Lagoa, on the outskirts of Funchal , the largest party event in the region, which was repeated after a two-year break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and was attended by the national leader, Luis Montenegro
The also president of the insular executive (PSD/CDS) pointed out: “Next year the challenge of overcoming socialism, colonialism”, underlining, interspersed with cries of “victory” from the militants, that in Madeira “there are no changes ”.
“For 44 years, the political framework in Madeira has been very well clarified: on the one hand, the autonomists and, on the other, the socialists at the service of centralism in Lisbon”, he opined.
For Albuquerque, “the socialists are not qualified to govern” and have acted to “impoverish the population”, pointing out that “their place is in the opposition, where they should continue”.
He also indicated that the PSD’s “ethical commitment” is to make Madeira one of the “most developed and cosmopolitan” regions in Europe.
He stressed that, after two years of crisis, the regional economy is “in full development” and the situation has returned to normal, stressing that “the word impossible does not exist for the PSD/Madeira.”
Addressing the party’s national leader, Luís Montenegro, whom he supported in the presidential race, he argued that “in politics there are no free lunches” and considered that Madeira intends to be “decisive” to “win the next legislative elections and be the first”. -minister” of Portugal.
“The place of the PS is the opposition.” Montenegro promises an “orange government” and places the PSD at the “center of the human condition”
“With us there are no half measures. There is no small talk. We know who our opponent is,” he said, adding that “the political struggle is about to take place” and the goal is “to defeat the socialists, colonialists in Madeira and give Luís Montenegro the first victory to govern with an absolute majority.” .
But he said that Montenegro knows that “Madeira needs more autonomy” to continue on its development path.
The Madeiran Social Democratic leader stressed that the party “will continue in unity at the service of Madeira”, defending that it is necessary to “look to the horizon” to leave a better future for future generations and “honor their grandparents who were so vilified by centralism ”.
“We will never accept that they want to rule our land. Those who govern Madeira are the Madeirans and the Porto-Santenses”, she highlighted, and pointed out that the development of the region and the deepening of autonomy are “the best way to achieve Portugal in the Atlantic”.
The regional leader ended his speech at the piano playing and singing the anthem of independence, singing: “Madeira is free and you will be free. There is no such beautiful greed in the world… Beloved forest of radiant sun for you the most proud would give his life…
One of those absent from this party was the former leader of the PSD/Madeira, Alberto João Jardim, who is on vacation on the island of Porto Santo, but whom he addressed in a message on the social network Facebook, to “all the companions of fight for the people”. Madeiran (…) a big hug”, writing that “fascism will not pass. Colonialism will be destroyed!”
Source: Observadora
