“In the face of the results, the challenge that arises now is a challenge to have dialogue between the various parties, especially between the two with the most votes,” he said.
Chega’s leader, André Ventura, called his party’s performance the only “growth data from these elections.” He called for the formation of a government with a “clear majority” in Parliament.
“Only a very irresponsible leader and party will let the PSD govern when we have in our hands the possibility of creating a government of change,” he said. The PSD is the ruling party of the incumbent Portuguese government.
The Democratic Alliance and the PSD have been alternating or joining together to exercise power in the country since 1980. While the Democratic Alliance came in first, it did not obtain the 116 seats in the Assembly of the Republic that it would need to form a government on its own.
The leader of the Democratic Alliance, Luís Montenegro, who is president of the PSD, said he “has well-founded expectations” that the president will call him to form the government. He refuses, however, to ally with Chega, as he promised during the campaign. “Of course, I will keep my word, I would not do such evil to democracy as not to act upon commitments that I made so clearly.”
The general secretary of the Socialist Party, Pedro Nuno Santo, said on Sunday night that the party will “lead the opposition.”
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