Last Monday, the Left Bloc was in contact with the population in the municipality of Ponta do Sol, an initiative that the Bloc took the opportunity to denounce the “incompetent management of public resources by the Regional Government.” In a statement about this action, the BE also points to the PSD Executive’s “arrogance and inability to guarantee the stability that Madeirans need in their lives, in other words, decent housing, decent salaries compatible with the region’s very high cost of living”.
The party highlights as an example “the mismanagement of the fires by the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque, and the Secretary for Health and Civil Protection, Pedro Ramos, who were incompetent, irresponsible and disrespectful towards the affected populations.”
In the statement, the Left Bloc also refers to “the award for the best island destination in the world, which contrasts with the worst tourist attraction in Madeira, which is the Lugar de Baixo Marina, in Ponta do Sol, completely destroyed by the sea and abandoned several years ago by the Regional Government, which threw many millions of euros into the sea”. This is an example that the Bloc recalls before stating that the Executive “is preparing to repeat the mistake in the intervention being made on the São Vicente seafront.”
In conclusion, the Bloc highlights the suspicions and investigations into corruption that have affected various members of the government and the PSD, “which did not come as a surprise to the people contacted, nor did the fact that Miguel Albuquerque lied to the Representative of the Republic when he guaranteed that he had the necessary conditions to govern.” “By failing to tell the truth, he brought about the downfall of his government and is primarily responsible for these early elections,” he adds.
“Madeira and Porto Santo deserve serious people in the regional parliament,” concludes the party’s statement.

In Jornal da Madeira

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