The PAN management will propose the immediate suspension of the functions and expulsion of the regional spokesperson, Joaquim Sousa, in a meeting of the National Political Commission scheduled for next Thursday, Inês Sousa Real told Lusa.
“The proposal on the part of the management in this sense will be the immediate suspension of their functions and the application of the maximum penalty of expulsion from the party, because it is unacceptable and constitutes a very serious offense if someone with political responsibilities, regardless whether or not they can agree with the decision taken by the authorities to replace the list, he has publicly called for non-voting in his own party and has even negotiated and spoken with other political forces,” he admitted On.
Inês de Sousa Real indicated that the National Political Commission of the PAN, the highest political steering body between congresses, will meet today to analyze the future of Joaquim Sousa in the party, noting that this issue, which is “a matter of disciplinary violation” will be addressed. handled internally, “at our own head office”.
The sole deputy of People-Animais-Natureza indicated that Joaquim Sousa is still the regional spokesperson of the PAN in Madeira, and refused to anticipate the outcome of the trial, but said that she “completely rejects the behavior” of the regional leader recognizes. who “cannot let the party pass unnoticed”.
Sousa Real stressed that his management “has every confidence in Mónica Freitas, in the work she will carry out” and believed that “it would not make any sense” if the elected PAN delegate in Madeira “were accompanied by the current voice, taking into account the entire context that happened.”
Asked about the elected deputy who told journalists on Tuesday that Joaquim Sousa would no longer be the spokesperson of the regional structure and that she would replace him in the position, Inês de Sousa Real devalued and justified it with the “intensity and pressure” of the past period. few days, which were “very difficult” and considered that “no derogatory comments were made by Mónica Freitas”.
“I understand that in the heat of the moment he made these comments, because no one is iron, let alone when we are the target of insults, attacks and absolutely derogatory comments,” he defended, pointing out that Mónica Freitas “was even very reserved in her comments, taking into account everything that Joaquim Sousa has done recently”.
Regarding the future of the PAN Regional Political Committee, the national spokesperson said that “this entire matter will be analyzed internally and, at the appropriate time, everything will be communicated.”
Inês de Sousa Real also indicated that it had been decided at national and regional level “by a large majority” to change the PAN list for the regional elections in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, and that “Joaquim Sousa is no longer able to to even present a proposal because the majority of people on the list left it and did not want to be part of Joaquim Sousa’s list in these elections.
Joaquim Sousa took office as spokesperson for the regional political committee PAN in November 2022, following single-list elections. In July this year he was nominated as head of the party’s list for the regional elections in Madeira, but on the eve of submitting his candidacy to the Judicial Court of the District of Madeira, the PAN announced his replacement by Mónica Freitas , which in a statement, the decision with “an incompatibility”.
On Wednesday, The PAN/Madeira spokesperson admitted that he would resign from his position if the national spokesperson did not recognize the illegality of the parliamentary influence agreement signed with the PSD/CDS-PP coalition, which won the regional elections without an absolute majority.
A few hours later, the party’s National Political Committee ratified the agreement with a “large majority”.
Source: DN
