The coordinator of Portugal’s Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc), Francisco Louçã, last night thanked the 550 thousand Portuguese who voted for the Bloco in yesterday’s parliamentary elections, thus ensuring that it would more than double its parliamentary representation. “Never before has a party achieved such an increase in percentage terms. The Left Bloc has shown that being a left alternative and fighting back can defeat the Socialist Party’s absolute majority.”
The Left Bloc will now be represented in parliament by 16 MPs.
2 Comments
[...] Portugal’s Left Bloc wins sixteen seats : Socialist Resistance: Fourth International in Britain socialistresistance.org/?p=671 – view page – cached The coordinator of Portugal’s Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc), Francisco Louçã, last night thanked the 550 thousand Portuguese who voted for the Bloco in yesterday’s parliamentary elections, thus… (Read more)The coordinator of Portugal’s Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc), Francisco Louçã, last night thanked the 550 thousand Portuguese who voted for the Bloco in yesterday’s parliamentary elections, thus ensuring that it would more than double its parliamentary representation. “Never before has a party achieved such an increase in percentage terms. The Left Bloc has shown that being a left alternative and fighting back can defeat the Socialist Party’s absolute majority.” (Read less) — From the page [...]
This is a very significant step forward and shows that a party of this nature really can find an echo if it works consistently. It also shows how important the electoral system is – because you could get this level of support here and not get a single seat.