Chega President Andre Ventura and MP Gabriel Mita Ribeiro appeared together this Wednesday in a video to show that differences had been overcome and “the parliamentary group came together” following the resignation of the party’s second vice president.
Asked by the Lusa agency about the question of the vice president of the party, an official source from Chega replied that “for the moment” everything remains as it is and that “Professor Gabriel Mita Ribeiro submitted his resignation, which was accepted, and therefore, for now it will be “.
In a short video sent to the media in which the two appear, smiling and side by side, Mita Ribeiro begins by saying that “a picture is worth a thousand words.”
“I am here with President Andre Ventura for another day of work, his and mine. Political parties are like people, they have childhood, youth, adulthood. Chega proves that this is a mature party, provides consistent evidence. be able to solve problems,” he said.
Not forgetting that the party has a “popular base”, Mita Ribeiro believed that “the time has come to make another leap to also open the party to intellectuals, scientists, thinkers.”
It was former vice-president Chega who gave the floor to the chairman of the party, shaking hands with his “interlocutor and great leader Professor Andre Ventura.”
“I thank Gabriel Mita Ribeiro for the work he has done, for allowing us, in this resumption of work, to give the party this sign of unity, strength and openness,” he began.
Ventura left a message “to the whole country”, but especially to Chega’s supporters and activists, that “this parliamentary group is united, united as ever.”
“And all disagreements, no matter how small, are part of the growing pains, and they will never affect, affect, or affect our unity. We are together, we continue together and will continue together at the start of this new parliamentary year,” he said. sure.
The video ends with a new handshake between Ventura and Mita Ribeiro.
At a press conference on Saturday in Leiria, the constituency from which he was elected, and with limited questions from journalists, Gabriel Mita Ribeiro, who resigned as party vice president after being removed from coordinating Chega’s research. cabinet., guaranteed that he would fulfill his mandate inside or outside the party and put forward that he would start negotiations with President Chega.
“For now, I provided that we start conversations, negotiations as soon as possible. I gave President Andre Ventura a very clear written text explaining and substantiating my position and presenting proposals for solutions,” the MP added, referring to the view that his departure from the study was “a clear distrust on the part of the President” to his person.
The next day, André Ventura announced that he was going to present a vote of confidence so that the competent organs of the party could comment on the way the formation was managed.
The party president then stated that he was not “insured” against the “cases” of recent weeks and that “perhaps this faction, like the episode that took place with Professor Gabriel Mita Ribeiro, is in fact a problem.”
However, in a statement released on Monday, it became known that an extraordinary National Council to discuss, evaluate and vote on this vote of confidence will be held on September 17 and 18 in Batalha, Leiria, in which all militants will be able to intervene. but only directors will be able to vote.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
