Autarch is concerned about the elections of those who will be responsible for allocating European funds in the post-pandemic and supports the continuation of Freire de Sousa to the north.
Rui Moreira believes that the new process of electing the chairmen of the Regional Coordination and Development (CCDR) commissions, instead of the political nomination that chose the names for the positions, can be counterproductive at this time of crisis.
No city hall news site from Porto, the mayor made it known that “if we, at this moment, are introducing a disturbance factor with the choice of new teams, probably with party models, and that they do not even have experience of what is the framework [comunitário de apoio] past, I fear that we may once again make the mistakes we made in 2009 “.
The movement that heads, “Porto, Our Movement”, put online a release on the topic entitled “Decentralization: another farce!”, where he explains the concern with the election of the CCDR presidents, which he classifies as “scam” that “has nothing to decentralize”.
“The serious problem is that we are at a critical moment: when CCDRs play a fundamental role in the allocation of European funds, a matter of great complexity and very pressing. Where the temptation to” spill over “in favor of the capital requires particular attention” , develops the communiqué.
The movement tries to convince the mayors of the North who will participate in the process to “assume their responsibilities” and vote for the current president of CCDR-Norte, Freire de Sousa.
“That is why we defend the continuity of Professor Freire de Sousa in office: because he has the technical competence and the experience that is required, because he has the courage to defend the interests of the North, because he has been able to balance the interests of our sub-regions We hope that, regardless of the instructions of the directories, the mayors of the North will once again know how to assume their responsibilities “, he concludes.
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