Africa-Press – Cape verde. MpD deputy Vander Gomes said today that his party hopes to obtain an absolute majority in the São Vicente chamber in the next elections, highlighting that the opposition parties “proved to be unworthy” of the vote of San Vicente residents.
MpD believes in an absolute majority in the São Vicente chamber in the next municipal elections – deputy
The parliamentarian, elected on the lists of the Movement for Democracy (MpD, power) for the São Vicente constituency, made these statements to Inforpress, during the press conference, to take a position on the statements made by the president of the UCID, João Santos Luís, who stated that the Government is “unwise” and acts with “double standards”.
He accused the opposition parties, namely the Independent and Democratic Cape Verdean Union (UCID, opposition) and the Cape Verde African Independence Party (PAICV, opposition) of being “against the development” of São Vicente and of being in a political tantrum .
“These parties have demonstrated that they are not worthy of trust and certainly, the people of São Vicente will give a safe, absolute majority that will allow the MpD to govern well in São Vicente”, he declared.
Asked what guarantees his party has to maintain the São Vicente chamber in the next elections, Vander Gomes assured that San Vicente residents recognize that the MpD is a party that is committed to the development of the island.
“São Vicente was forgotten and neglected for many years and in these almost eight years of MpD governance, the economic dynamics that São Vicente is having never had during the years of PAICV governance. With the city council led by the MpD, the dynamics of urban requalification and housing construction have been visible to everyone,” he declared.
The MpD deputy also highlighted that taking into account “the dynamics and projects implemented” by the MpD on the island of São Vicente, both at the level of local power and at the level of central power, the confidence recovered in 2004 will be reinforced in the local elections 2024.
“I believe that the people of São Vicente, seeing that the opposition parties are more concerned with political interests than with the development of the island, will certainly give an enlightening victory that allows the MpD to actually govern”, he reinforced, stressing that the “cohabitation” with PAICV and UCID “has not worked”.
Asked whether the current mayor of São Vicente, Augusto Neves, will be the MpD’s choice for next year’s elections, Vander Gomes said that his party, at the right time, will make its choices and that in due time, the party bodies will choose their candidates, which could be Augusto Neves or another chosen person, who will have the full support of the MpD political system. The Week with Inforpress
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