Africa-Press – Cape verde. The secretary general of the Movement for Democracy (MpD, power) confirmed today that the members of the party’s National Political Commission (CPN) were meeting this weekend, but denied having given the names of candidates for local councils to the press.’ 2024.
Speaking to the Cape Verdean News Agency, Luís Carlos Silva said that the candidates will be announced at national level in the coming days, claiming that he does not know where the advanced names came from.
“They may even get it right, but when we announce the names of the MpD candidates for the 2024 municipal elections, it will be at a national level and we will talk about everyone at the same time”, he highlighted.
However, the online newspaper Santiago Magazine reported that members of the National Political Commission of the MpD, meeting on Saturday, the 17th, approved the name of the Minister of Culture and Creative Industries and Minister of the Sea, Abraão Vicente, to head the party’s list in power. in this year’s local elections in the Praia chamber.
The same source said that Abraão Vicente’s alleged nomination is based on opinion polls that place the ruler with a better chance of winning the Praia City Council , when compared to Luís Filipe Tavares, former minister and vice-president of the party, and Alberto Melo, also known as Beta, or for betting on the councilor for the Local Economy, Jacinto Horta.
Santiago Magazine indicates as a novelty the choice of Hipólito Gonçalves, also president of the Municipal Political Commission of São Domingos, as MpD candidate in this municipality , overcoming competition from Filomeno Borges and Milton Paiva, who until the last minute was taken for granted by the press in the race for that municipality on the MpD lists.
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