The closing of Chega’s grand assembly is scheduled for Sunday afternoon, after the election of the national organ organs, and the “international guests” have the right to speak for five minutes each.
According to Chega, MEP Jordan Bardella will be present, who succeeded Marine Le Pen as leader of the far-right French party Rassemblement National in November.
As far as European party leaders are concerned, the presence is also expected from Tino Chrupalla, from the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), Geert Wilders, from the Freedom Party (PVV), from the Netherlands, Tom Van Grieken, from Vlaams Belang (VB ), from the Belgian region of Flanders, and Boris Kollar, from the Slovak movement Sme Rodina (We are Family).
The presence of Rocio Monasterio, leader of Vox in Madrid, Spain, Kinga Gál, vice president of Fidesz, the ruling party in Hungary, and Cláudiu Tarziu, from the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) is also expected, as he Lusa source told Chega.
As for the national parties, only those on the right are confirmed at the end of the convention.
The PSD delegation will be headed by Vice President Miguel Pinto Luz and will include, in addition to the Mayor, João Leite, the Vice President of the Parliamentary Group, deputy elected by Santarém, João Moura.
For the Liberal Initiative, Rodrigo Saraiva, parliamentary leader, and Afonso Neves, coordinator of the core of Santarém will be present.
The CDS-PP delegation consists of Vice President Paulo Núncio and Director Raquel Paradela, member of the National Political Commission.
The government is represented by the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Ana Catarina Mendes.
The Chega National Convention, which kicked off Friday evening, runs through Sunday at the National Center for Agricultural Exhibitions and Markets (CNEMA) in Santarém, for the election of the president and national bodies.
The magna rally – the first since Chega became the third political force in parliament, with the election of 12 deputies – was planned in the wake of the approval of the statutes by the Constitutional Court, but the party decided not to make any further changes. in its internal rules and to re-approve the original statutes of 2019.
The convention ends with André Ventura’s last speech, following his re-election as party chairman and the election of the organs.
Source: DN
