Braga do Chega district is going to elections next Saturday. There are two candidacies in confrontation and the atmosphere is one of war. There are exchanges of accusations, dismissals and threats of complaint at the Public Ministry. One of the candidates, Filipe Melo, accusing the chairman of the District Assembly Bureau of wanting to postpone the elections, made a public post on his personal Facebook page, illustrated with the flag of Portugal, in which he wrote: “It will not be a BRAZILIAN who he will rule the destinies of a nationalist, patriotic Party. I will never, ever allow it ”. Shortly after, Filipe Melo edited the publication and changed “BRASILEIRA” to “madam”. The target, Cibelli Pinheiro de Almeida, resigned. Now, it is the Bureau of the National Convention that will conduct the district elections.
On December 1, at 9:25 pm, Filipe Melo, who heads the candidacy Juntos Pelo Distrito, wrote on his Facebook page that the President of the Braga District Assembly Board intended to “postpone the elections, scheduled for the 5th of this month”.
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“He uses and abuses all arguments, as he knows that defeat is imminent. You can put me in a disciplinary process for what I’m going to say, I don’t care, because in my heart is only the defense of the superior interests of the CHEGA Party, André Ventura, and the Minhotos ”, reads in the publication that, below , says that “it will not be a BRAZILIAN who will rule the destinies of a nationalist, patriotic Party”.
A little over an hour later, at 22:34, as shown by the history of Facebook editions, the candidate for Braga District of the party of the new radical populist right changed the expression “BRASILEIRA” by “madam”, but kept the final shot of the text: “If this lady does not care about the future of the Party and our Leader, we will show what race we are made of”.
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The maintenance of the elections next Saturday led to the creation of a public petition addressed to André Ventura and Luís Filipe Graça, president of the Bureau of the National Convention. “With elections scheduled for December 5, between 9:00 am and 1:00 pm, it is imperative that they take place effectively on that date”, reads the text that denounced the “existence of delaying maneuvers by of those who still have the responsibility for the maximum body of the District of Braga, a behavior that makes continuity in functions impossible for those who act in this way ”.
National Convention Bureau assumes district election
On Wednesday, on the page of the Bureau of the Braga District Assembly, Cibelli Pinheiro de Almeida presented his resignation “for reasons directly reported to the National Directorate and the Bureau of the National Convention”.
In a statement, the Bureau of the National Convention confirmed the request to resign from the office of the president of the Bureau of the District of Braga. It also announced the request for the National Convention Bureau to replace the District Bureau in organizing and conducting elections.
The elections scheduled for the Youth Center of Braga, in Rua de Santa Margarida, between 09:00 and 13:00, passed, “for imperative reason of compliance with the public health plan in force”, underlines the Convention Bureau Nacional, to the Altice Forum and with extended hours until 18:00. An amendment that meets the wishes of the list of Filipe Melo, who, in reply to a supporter’s comment, stated that he had shown “disagreement” in relation to the time, considered short for all militants to vote.
Ruben Milhão’s candidacy will not appear on Saturday in the election
However, the Movement Mobilize With Values, headed by Ruben Milhão, announced on the page of his candidacy that “he decided not to appear in the election scheduled for December 5, 2020”.
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The reasons were “duly communicated to the Bureau of the Braga District Assembly and to the National Directorate” and the application is awaiting “developments”. In response to a comment from a follower who questioned the reasons, the candidacy was laconic: “In due time the necessary clarifications will be made”.
Ruben Milhão applied for the leadership of Chega in the district of Braga, presenting himself as “Christian, married and father of three, professional at Delta Café, with no political background, joined the CHEGA Party last year when he ran as the 3rd on the list in the Braga elections for the legislatures ”.
“He accepted the challenge to defend family life and values, not only at the party, but also at the Associação Conservativa Família, in which he assumed the Vice-Presidency of the Bureau in support of the President of the Bureau Manuel Matias, also President of the PPV”, added the presentation note of the candidacy.
Filipe Melo announces complaint at the Public Prosecutor’s Office for “attacks” by “members of the competing list”
The first district political commission in Braga do Chega was elected in early February, at a dinner at Café Astória, in Braga. Luís Arezes, from Barcelos, assumed the presidency. In October of this year, he resigned, as well as three members of the Assembly Board. Since then, the atmosphere within the district has been one of open war, which can be confirmed by publications and comments from its activists on social networks, where the party moves best.
Conflict led even the list of Filipe Melo, who is supported by the former president of the District, Luís Arezes, to issue a statement, in which he announces that he will present a criminal complaint to the Public Ministry due to “attacks carried out by members of the competing list ”.
These attacks, says the statement, are “embodied in threats and disclosure of untruths on social networks, as well as harassment through phone calls and SMS, in a total lack of respect for the most elementary principles for which civility must be searched, as well as for ideals because the party rules ”.
“In defense of the good individual name and the party’s best interests, we will proceed to court by filing a criminal complaint with the Public Ministry, a decision that is irreversible”, underlines Filipe Melo’s candidacy, defending “a positive and inclusive policy for all militants ”and refusing to“ participate in wars ”.
But the war is open. And the winner is known on Saturday.
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