Pedro Nuno Santos’ candidacy for the post of PS secretary general has the support of 79 of the 120 socialist deputies, including the bank’s vice-presidents Porfírio Silva, Pedro Delgado Alves and Rui Lage.
The list of supporting deputies sent to the Lusa agency by the source of the candidacy of the former Minister of Infrastructure and Housing also includes the PS National Secretary responsible for governance, Vera Braz.
Of the 41 deputies who remain outside the list of supporters, some have not yet expressed any position between the candidacies of the former JS leader and the current Minister of the Interior, José Luís Carneiro, according to the same source.
In this situation, for example, the parliamentary leader of the PS, Eurico Brilhante Dias, who will only speak about the internal race after the final approval of the 2024 state budget, on the 29th, as well as the presidents of Foreign Affairs and of National Defense, respectively Sérgio Sousa Pinto and Marcos Perestrello.
Former Health Minister Marta Temido, president of the PS/Lisbon Council and appointed Socialist candidate for the capital’s Chamber in the next municipal elections, has also not yet expressed support for any of the candidates to succeed António Costa, whose elections are scheduled for December 15 and 16 and congress on January 5, 6 and 7.
This list of Pedro Nuno Santos supporters includes Alexandra Leitão (Santarém), Alexandre Quintanilha (Porto), Ana Bernardo (Porto), Ana Isabel Santos (Setúbal), Anabela Rodrigues (Viana do Castelo), André Pinotes Batista (Setúbal), António Monteirinho (guard), António Pedro Faria (Porto), Bárbara Dias (Setúbal), Bruno Aragão (Aveiro), Carlos Brás (Porto), Carlos Pereira (Madeira), Clarisse Campos (Setúbal), Cláudia Santos (Aveiro), Cristina Mendes da Silva (Porto), Cristina Sousa (Guarda), Diogo Cunha (Braga), Diogo Leão (Lisbon) and Eduardo Alves (Portalegre).
They also support former minister Eduardo Oliveira (Braga), Eurídice Pereira (Setúbal), Fernando José (Setúbal), Filipe Neto Brandão (Aveiro), Francisco César (Azores), Francisco Dinis (Santarém), Gil Costa (Setúbal), Gilberto Anjos (Braga), Hugo Carvalho (Porto), Hugo Costa (Santarém), Hugo Oliveira (Aveiro), Irene Costa (Braga), Isabel Moreira (Lisbon), Isabel Guerreiro (Faro), Ivan Gonçalves (Setúbal), Joana Lima (Porto) ), Joana Sá Pereira (Aveiro), João Azevedo Castro (Azores), João Paulo Rebelo (Viseu), João Torres (PS Deputy Secretary General) and Jorge Botelho (Faro).
The list also includes the names of Jorge Gabriel Martins (Leiria), José Carlos Alexandrino (Coimbra), José Carlos Barbosa (Porto), José Rui Cruz (Viseu), Lúcia Araújo da Silva (Viseu), Luís Graça (Faro), Mara Lagriminha Coelho (Santarém), Maria Begonha (Lisbon), Maria João Castro (Porto), Miguel Cabrita (Lisbon), Miguel dos Santos Rodrigues (Porto), Miguel Iglésias (Madeira), Miguel Matos (leader of JS, Lisbon), Nathalie Oliveira (Europe), Nelson Brito (Beja), Patrícia Faro (Porto), Paulo Araújo Correia (Porto), Paulo Marques (Lisbon), Pedro Anastácio (Lisbon), Pedro Coimbra (Coimbra) and Raquel Ferreira (Coimbra).
Pedro Nuno Santos, deputy elected by Aveiro, also has the support of Ricardo Lima (Lisbon), Ricardo Lino (Coimbra), Ricardo Pinheiro (Portalegre), Rita Borges Madeira (Lisbon), Rosário Gamboa (Porto), Salvador Formiga (Leiria) , Sara Velez (Leiria), Sofia Andrade (Porto), Susana Barroso (Vila Real), Susana Correia (Aveiro), Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro (Porto), Tiago Estevão Martins (Coimbra) and Tiago Soares Monteiro (Castelo Branco).
Source: DN
