Appointment of Luis Montenegro as Prime Minister of Portugal – Jovem Ban

Democratic Alliance leader Luis Montenegro answers journalists' questions after his meeting with the Portuguese President at the Palacio de Belem in Lisbon.

Ten days after winning the elections… louis montenegro, The leader of the moderate right-wing Democratic Alliance was appointed prime minister Portugal In the early hours of Thursday the 20th (Wednesday night in Brasilia). This 51-year-old lawyer, who received parliamentary training, succeeds the socialist Antonio Costa, who has been in power since the end of 2015, but he will not have a stable majority in Parliament, and will have to come to terms with the rising far right. The Democratic Alliance, which fell short of an absolute majority, said it was prepared to govern alone, refusing to negotiate a coalition proposed by the far-right Chiga party, which quadrupled its parliamentary representation – an unprecedented achievement for a far-right party since the presidential election. The fall of the fascist dictatorship 50 years ago.

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The AD government will rely on fragmented agreements in parliament with Chiga or the Left to pass legislation, making it unstable. The widely expected appointment of conservative President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa came after midnight on Thursday (local time), after the Electoral Commission counted the remaining votes from abroad, giving Chiga two additional seats in parliament, while the AD and the Socialists added just one each. who are they. In total, the Democratic Alliance won 80 seats in the 230-seat parliament.

*With information from Agence France-Presse and Reuters