The majority of members present at the IL Convention this afternoon booed the Bureau’s new announcement that work would be suspended for half an hour before the announcement of the results of the votes for the national bodies, including who will be the new chairman.
At about 6.30 pm, and after the results of the vote, by show of hands, of the sectoral motions had been announced, a member of the Council announced that work would be halted for half an hour in order to extend the electronic voting for the national bodies.
The audience responded with boos and whistles, as the Convention is running for many more hours than originally planned.
For example, it should not be until 7 p.m. that the fourth chairman of the IL will be announced, a moment that is already more than six hours behind schedule compared to the initial program.
The justification given by the Bureau for the suspension was the difficulty of some members in finding the ’email’ containing the electronic ballots.
In the initial program, the new leader’s closing speech was scheduled for 1:30 pm, a time that was adjusted to 2:30 pm this morning due to work being moved from Saturday to Sunday.
The VII Convention of the Liberal Initiative ends today in the Congress Center of Lisbon, and the approximately 2,300 party members who registered at the main meeting will elect João Cotrim Figueiredo’s successor as the party’s leader, who has moved from one to one in the last parliamentary election. eight deputies went .
In the first electoral convention in IL history (established in 2017), Rui Rocha and Carla Castro, both delegates and members of the outgoing board, and National Councilor José Cardoso compete for the presidency of the executive committee.
Source: DN
