Hugo Soares, Secretary General of the PSD and Luis Montenegro's right-hand man, must stay out of the next government to become the parliamentary leader of the PSD. This hypothesis was put forward by Luís Marques Mendes, in his usual comment space on SIC, and confirmed by the observer through a source familiar with the process.
This was one of the most sensitive decisions Luis Montenegro had to make when designing the future CEO. He became Hugo Soares It is considered To join the government, take up the Parliamentary Affairs portfolio or even become Deputy Minister of Montenegro. However, Hugo Soares is also the party's Secretary General, so it will be difficult to reconcile the two roles.
Given the fragile parliamentary structure resulting from the legislative elections on March 10, the Council of the Republic will assume a major central role in the next legislative council. Hugo Soares has accumulated experience – he was Luis Montenegro's vice-president on the parliamentary benches and succeeded him in this position, albeit for a short time, after he was removed by Rui Rio.
Montenegro understands that it was necessary to have experience in political combat, agility and good relations with all parties, and Hugo Soares fulfills all the criteria. At SIC, Márquez Méndez advocated this very thing. “To be successful, in addition to good ministers, the PSD needs a good parliamentary leader: with talent for political combat; talent for party dialogue. There is only one hypothesis: Hugo Soares. You will have more political power and weight in the AR than you have in government.” “, defended the former Social Democratic Party leader, very close to Luis Montenegro.
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