The CDS-PSS national meeting ends this Sunday, in Viseu, with the selection of the new national bodies and the re-election of Nuno Melo as leader.

From "ally" to "private club". What was said during the CDS Congress

The 31st CDS-PP Congress is taking place this weekend, and Saturday was marked by several speeches, notably by the president, Nuno Melo, who considered that the party "was not a crutch" for the PSD, nor "was the PSD a surrogate" for the CDS in the March legislative elections, emphasizing that the role of the centrists in the government is to be "allies" and not "minor partners" of the Democratic Alliance (AD).

Nuno Melo considered that the CDS was "decisive" in the electoral result and "did not get where it is by chance". "Neither the CDS-PP was a crutch nor the PSD was a surrogate. The votes of both were absolutely decisive for the victory over the PS and the left and a new political cycle," said the current Minister of National Defense. The leader of the centrists stressed that the CDS "adds value" and that the coalition of the Democratic Alliance (AD) makes sense. "The CDS added votes, mandates, and our uniqueness. We do not dilute ourselves," he said. In a speech that lasted about half an hour and was (repeatedly) applauded standing, Nuno Melo asked the centrists "never to feel like minor partners in this coalition, because we are not - we are allies" and indicated that he will modernize communication and language in order to "attract more young people." "The CDS is not an old party, it is a modern party that has answers to the problems people feel," he argued. In his first speech at the congress, Melo also said that the party "does not live on parliamentary outbursts," after two years without representation in the Assembly of the Republic. Emphasizing that there were two centrist deputies in the parliamentary benches, Melo assured: "They will be worth 50". The centrist leader postponed his position on the party's future to this Sunday, at a time when two electoral challenges are approaching: the regional elections in Madeira, with the CDS-PP running alone, and the European elections, a race in which the centrists will once again ally with the PSD to revive the AD.

A "resilient" party or a "private club"? Former centrist presidents are divided

The former president of the CDS-PP, Paulo Portas, considered that the CDS-PP has resisted several announced deaths and now has the opportunity to "prove well, with competence in service, that the party is necessary," after the Portuguese "have said that they want alternation and change" after going to the polls. "[The CDS] is one of the resilient and persistent parties and therefore founders of Portuguese democracy, and there will always be voters to defend it and militants to protect it," defended Portas.

Portas highlights the party's resilience and asks for "competence in service"

Former centrist president Paulo Portas today considered that the CDS-PP has resisted several announced deaths and now has the opportunity to "prove well, with competence in service," that the party is necessary.

Lusa | 17:51 - 20/04/2024

However, Manuel Monteiro argued that the AD only won the legislative elections because the centrists "were there" and stressed that the party has values that "are not negotiable" and, for the future, it has to be "the party of order and the common good", remembering that there is no "thought police."

"We do not forget our circumstances, nor are we ungrateful. But it is one thing not to forget our circumstances or to be ungrateful, and another thing is to be forgotten or distracted. It is good that the coalition partner knows that there is a coalition and that the government is a government of two parties and not just one party," said the former party leader.

AD only won because the CDS "was there" and criticizes "thought police"

Former CDS-PP president Manuel Monteiro today argued that the Democratic Alliance only won the legislative elections because the centrists "were there" and stressed that the party has values that "are not negotiable," remembering that there is no "thought police."

Lusa | 19:12 - 20/04/2024

On the other hand, Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos admitted to disaffiliating himself from the party he led between 2020 and 2022. While he points out as "strengths" the return of the CDS-PP to parliament and to the government, the former centrist leader considered, in a commentary space on CNN Portugal - at the same time that the congress was taking place - that "there is a widespread perception that the CDS has become a private club with doors closed to renewal," he criticized.

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From "ally" to "private club". What was said during the CDS Congress

The CDS-PSS national meeting ends this Sunday, in Viseu, with the selection of the new national bodies and the re-election of Nuno Melo as leader.

Portas highlights the party's resilience and asks for "competence in service"

AD only won because the CDS "was there" and criticizes "thought police"

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From "ally" to "private club". What was said during the CDS Congress

The CDS-PSS national meeting ends this Sunday, in Viseu, with the selection of the new national bodies and the re-election of Nuno Melo as leader.

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