The president of the PSD, Luís Montenegro, considers that we live in “challenging times” and that Portugal “expects and needs a lot” from the Social Democrats and argues that it is time to “rekindle the flame and the soul of a new PPD”.
In a message addressed to militants about the Festa do Pontal and published on the PSD website, Luís Montenegro begins by saying that “It is with great joy” that he announces that “the Pontal Festival has returned”and invites activists to be present at this “rentrée” political initiative.
The Pontal Festival will take place again this year and is scheduled for August 14, at Calçadão de Quarteira. In the last two years, which were marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, this party did not take place.
We are living through difficult times for our project of political intervention, at a time when Portugal expects and needs a lot from us. These are times when we want to rekindle the flame and soul of a New PPD”, emphasizes Luís Montenegro.
Pointing out that it is “an emblematic Social Democratic family meeting, an opportunity for meetings and reunions of militants and sympathizers of our PSD in the Algarve and throughout the country”, the The leader of the PSD also indicates that “it is a particularly widespread eventthus constituting a privileged opportunity for contact with the Portuguese”.
Let’s unite and unite to win the future,” he appeals.
The Pontal Festival took place for the first time in 1976, at the initiative of Francisco Sá Carneiro.
In a video released by the party that tells the story of this initiative, it is mentioned that the first party, “of a popular nature”, took place on August 29 “in the Pontal pine forest, next to Faro airport, and it was a success for social democracy.”
Already in the 1980s, with Cavaco Silva, “the coincidence that the leader of the PSD is both Prime Minister and Algarve, makes the Pontal Festival one of the first political marks of the post-April 25”, continues the video with images of editions of the party and a narration.
And it is considered that Festa do Pontal is part of the history of the PSD and the Algarve”being “one of the biggest political initiatives carried out in the summer in Portugal and an innovation in the national political life by creating a ritual of political ‘rentrée’ of the party forces”.
In its 46 years of existence, and although it has not been held continuously, the Festa do Pontal has earned a status of reference in the social democratic universe and in the country”, defends the PSD, noting that “in recent years, Many leaders have passed through there, such as Fernando Nogueira, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Marques Mendes, Luís Filipe Menezes, Pedro Passos Coelho and Rui Rio”.
The video also points out that “Pontal is one of the great manifestations of the social democratic dynamic and the deep popular roots of the party, it is a meeting point and celebration of the orange family.”
This year marks “the debut of Luís Montenegro as president of the PSD in this great social democratic event,” says the narration of the video. The leader has scheduled an intervention at 9:30 p.m.
Source: Observadora
