With 99% of the ballot boxes, the center-right coalition Democratic Alliance (AD) won the legislative elections in Portugal with about 32% of valid votes. The subtitle has former Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, overthrown in March this year, as a candidate to return to office.
The others – Socialist Party (PS) and He arrives – Still dispute for second place with a technical draw, contemplating around 20% . Until 7:46 pm this Sunday (18), the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Portugal confirmed 5,965,322 votes, with a percentage of 64.38%participation.
Despite the mathematical victory, the result does not elect Montenegro automatically. In order to be able to return to the Premier post, the Lusitanian politician still needs to be appointed by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who happens after a consultation of the parties who elected parliamentarians to the Assembly of the Republic.
AD also did not earn a majority in Parliament.
Despite the apparent defeat, Ventura, the Leader of the arrival, celebrated the draw with the Socialist Party. To journalists, the leader of the right acronym said it was a “historical result”, and that “bipartisanship” would have died in Portugal.
Understand Case that knocked down a premie
Premier Luís Montenegro presented the motion of confidence last week, after the Portuguese opposition threatened to establish a parliamentary inquiry into Spinumviva, his family’s data protection consultancy.
The opposition states that spinumviva contracts with private companies, including a casino and hotel, benefited Montenegro as a prime minister.
He founded the company in 2021, but handed over the property to his wife and children in 2022. Assets acquired after marriage belong to the couple under Portugal’s law, which leaves the transfer of property in a gray area between civil and commercial law.
The prime minister denies accusations of ethical conflict of interest or disabilities, but the main opposition parties found their explanations unconvincing. As the parliamentary inquiry was “blocked” after the presentation of the motion of trust, there is no investigation in progress on Spinumviva.
The opposition parties representing most of the parliamentary seats warned Montenegro that would reject the motion if it were presented.
Some analysts interpreted their action as a bluff, others saw their intention to trigger an election while their approval was still higher and the economy with a strong base.
Montenegro proposed that he faced a parliamentary commission survey that would last up to two months, but the main opposition socialists refused to negotiate the definition of a time limit, making vote inevitable.
This content was originally published in Democratic Alliance wins elections in Portugal on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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