Alexandra Leitão confirmed as PS candidate for the Lisbon Chamber

“Alexandra Leitão's choice for the Lisbon City Council is explained in a very simple way: the capital is very important, Lisbon is being poorly governed by the PSD and the current mayor. Therefore, the PS had to make its biggest bet,” said Nuno Santos, speaking to journalists.

Carlos Moedas defended, this Thursday, that Alexandra Leitão, the socialist candidate for the Lisbon City Council, in the local elections this year, is “radical”. “Finally, after so many choices and rumors, the PS decided on a candidate who represents what Pedro Nuno Santos's PS, which is a radical PS, has been radicalized. And cities need moderation, they don't need radicals,” said the current mayor, on the sidelines of a visit to the space whe…

Parliamentary leader is trusted by Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos.

The demonstrations in Lisbon after the police operation in Martim Moniz and the election of Alexandra Leitão as the PS candidate for the Lisbon Chamber marked the political agenda for the week. See the analysis by Ricardo Costa and Maria João Avillez.

“The most important figure in the PS after me,” said the socialist leader. Alexandra Leitão's choice “has to do with the profile and the political dimension she achieved, the profile of achievement and achievement, and which offers the possibility of competing for the CML”

The Socialist Party will nominate Alexandra Leito to run for the Lisbon City Council. The choice is logical: Leito gained visibility as a ruler, as a congresswoman, and as an intervener on the political stage, in addition to joining the radical left.