Bloquista deputy Joana Mortágua this Tuesday thanked Catarina Martins for the decade at the head of the party, as she “left because she wants to” because she thought it was “the best thing for the bloc”, while MEP Marisa Matias strengthening the party.
Catarina Martins announced at a press conference today that she will leave the leadership of the BE at the National Convention in May, refusing to name names for her succession but making it clear that she made this decision calmly, knowing that there are people in the party are prepared for work.
“Catherine comes to the head of the bloc at the end of a decade, retaining the support of a united party. She is leaving because she wants to, because she thinks it is best for the bloc. We owe her so much to thank “The only good certainty is that we will continue to count on her. Thank you,” deputy Joana Mortágua said in a publication on the social network Twitter.
Also via Twitter, former face-to-face candidate and BE MEP Marisa Matias took the opportunity to thank the work of the Blockade Coordinator, whom she regarded as “a strong, charismatic, courageous and generous leader, as well as a dear friend”.
“He has helped us to go down difficult roads and strengthen the party. We will continue to walk all the roads there are with everyone who comes and wants to join. Thank you, Catarina,” said Marisa Matias.
From Brussels also came the words of José Gusmão, the other BE MEP, who stated that Catarina Martins “assumed leadership of the BE at one of the most difficult moments”.
“In 2015, he launched the challenge to Costa, which allowed him to take the right from power and regain rights that the absolute majority are now destroying. There is no goodbye. We know that Catarina will stay with us and with the people,” he stressed. .
At this morning’s press conference, Catarina Martins declared that the decade in which she headed the BE was one of “victories and defeats”, explaining that “what has now changed” was “the instability of the absolute majority”. that the crisis “multiplying within the government and colliding with the popular struggle is the sign of the end of a political cycle”.
Source: DN
