The voters of the Madeira archipelago in Portugal return to the surveys for regional elections this Sunday. Miguel Albuquerque, leader of the PSD Madeira, the party that leads the region since 1976, says that people “want to solve the situation of instability.”
The Madeira archipelago is voting, this Sunday, in the first regional elections, the third in a year and a half. Until noon they already had He voted 22.10% of voters (Around 56,400 people), two percentage points more than at the same time, in the last elections.
In total, more than 255,000 voters can vote, around 249,000 in the Madeira and Five thousand Islands in Porto Santo. In the last elections, abstention reached 50.42%.
The surveys were opened at eight in the morning and will close at seven in the afternoon, in scrutiny that, until now, takes place without incident.
There is 14 games and coalitions that are presented to the votes. Concerned 47 places In the Legislative Assembly of this Autonomous Region, where the Regional Government will come out.
The elections were summoned after Approval of a motion of censure In the regional parliament, presented by the arrival. The party referred to judicial investigations that involve members of the regional government, including the leader of the Government, Miguel Albuquerquethat was constituted accused. The same case precipitated the resignation of Albuquerque last year.
Despite the political crisis, Miguel Albuquerque, again leads the candidacy of the Democratic Social Party (PSD). In the current mandate, Albuquerque directed a minority government, with 19 deputies, results of the latest elections (also anticipated) May 2024.
Albuquerque’s ambition is now obtaining a majority result. When he moved to the voting assembly at lunchtime, he said “people are tired” and “want to solve the situation of instability.”
Other candidates, who also voted this Sunday morning, also took the opportunity to appeal against abstention.
The head of the list of Socialist Party (PS), The main opposition party voted in the parish of Caniço. Paulo Cafôfo He talked about a “beautiful sunny day” to encourage the Madeirans to go to the polls and emphasize that abstention “is always a concern of any politician.”
The same appeal was made by the representative of the Republic in Madeira. Irineu Barreto said he votes for the future of the region and is prepared for any electoral result.
The PSD leads the autonomous region, uninterruptedly since there are elections in the archipelago in 1976. Between 1978 and 1995, the party was headed by history. Alberto João Jardim, who also held the position of head of the regional government of Madeira between 1978 and 2015.
