“At a time we know well, where there are problems and dangers [na SATA]which is important to abbreviate, PS and [o] PSD can, and certainly should, want the same thing: to continue to serve our islands and connect them abroad, and to do so in a more efficient and sustainable way, while remaining committed to regional public service.
The socialist was speaking at the Michaelense Theater, in Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel, during the Global Orientation Movement’s presentation of his candidacy, entitled “M novo Futuro”, on the same day the Azorean airline celebrates 77 years since the first flight.
He added: “So, because this is the way it should be, let us have courage, common sense and a sense of defending the regional interest, and let us work together to achieve this.”
He continued: “Let us sit at the same table, as equals, to discuss and sign a charter to save the company, a charter that does not diminish and leads only to honoring the parties and protecting the best intended goals.”
“This would not be possible in other things,” Francisco Cesar admitted, “but in a democracy, disagreements and the demonstration of political alternatives are indispensable, useful, and even raise the status of parties.”
“In understanding the need for consensus and clearly assuming the many differences between the two largest parties, the Azores will benefit and the Socialist Party will gain a position as the alternative working towards a new future.” I finish.
Representative of the Council of the Republic, Francisco Cesar, is the only candidate to lead the Socialist Party/Acorís in the elections scheduled for June 28-29.
The Azorean Socialists will elect a new leader after Vasco Cordero, party president since 2013, announced that he would not run for the position again.
When submitting the nomination application, under the slogan “A New Future”, Francisco Cesar stated that the Azores “can and should have a new attitude and a new ambition for its future”.
“It is not enough to make up for lost time or development centers compared to other regions. We must have ambition. Within one generation, we aim to recover, give hope (…) and lead the country’s economic and social indicators positively.”
After noting that education “should be the next regional goal” of the Azorean Socialist Party, the candidate posited that the region also needs “a new economic model, diversified, open and sustainable, with a high share of external investment” and focused on value creation in the three traditional economic sectors: Agriculture, fishing and tourism.
Francisco Cesar, 45 years old, graduate of the Faculty of Economics, is deputy and vice-chairman of the Socialist Party’s body in the Assembly of the Republic, and is also a member of the party’s national and regional secretariats.
The socialist, who was previously a deputy and leader of the Socialist Party in the Regional Assembly of the Azores, is the son of Carlos Cesar, the current president of the Socialist Party and former head of the regional government.
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