“There is room to fill”. Isaltino creates party for “orphan” electorate

O mayor of Oeiras, Isaltino Morais, will even move forward with the creation of a new political party, which aims to aggregate the moderate electorate and the “orphan” electorate, which ends up voting in the Aquis as protest. This is because, as he pointed out to the Expresso, “there is a space that is really unfilled”.

“A new party is irreversible”, admitted Isaltino Morais, in an interview published on Thursday by Express.

From the perspective of the former Minister of Cities, Regional Planning and the Environment, the country is on the verge of an “impasse”, given that the most important reforms have always been carried out by the Socialist Party (PS) and the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which have alternated governance.

In this line, the party proposed by Isaltino aims to enlist the moderate electorate and the “orphan” electorate, who ends up voting in the Ache as a protest.

“ Those who vote for any party, for reasons of protest or dissatisfaction, if they find an alternative in a party that responds to their needs and what their aspirations are, obviously no longer make the protest vote and makes a useful vote”, he explained.

For now, the name of the new collective – which will be “pragmatic”, “reformist” and “regionist”, with a “modern social-democratic ideology” – is just a rumor. However, the mayor did not comply or deny it when questioned by the newspaper.

“We do. We do what Portugal needs. But it must be done well. It is not enough to do it anyway,” he said.

Although he admits that he will be one of the initial promoters, Isaltino asserted that “many people” from different quarters will be involved, and has even been contacted by socialists, social democrats and centrists.

“ The party is not for me, I have no need of a party. This political party is for the young people of this country. [...] It never occurred to me to make a political party, but from the moment I expressed this need, I must say that I receive emails and letters from all over the country”, he said.

Assuming that the collective has to be included in the vote sheet already in 2029, the Expresso found that news can be revealed already at the end of the month. Despite not reaching a goal, Isaltino considered that the outcome of the presidential elections – which gave the victory to António José Seguro – proved that the “majority of the Portuguese are moderate” and reject the ideology propagated by André Ventura and the party that heads. Therefore, he has hope and confidence in the project.

“ Obviously people voted massively for António José Seguro from all political quarters. Therefore, it shows that the Portuguese, politically, are moderate citizens and want the development of their country ", reiterated.