Chega elects parliamentary group leadership today with Pedro Pinto as sole candidate

The proposal that will be put to the vote foresees that Pedro Pinto will remain as parliamentary leader, but includes changes to the rest of the team.

Deputy Rita Matias, elected by Setúbal and who was already part of the party leadership, will be the first vice-president. The 26-year-old deputy is the leader of Juventude Chega and deputy of the National Board.

In addition to Rita Matias, deputy Jorge Galveias will also remain as vice-president, who in the previous legislature was elected by Évora, after having led the list for Aveiro in the last two.

The leadership of the Chega parliamentary group includes deputy Cristina Rodrigues, elected by the Porto constituency, and parliamentarians Nuno Gabriel and Daniel Teixeira, both elected on the list for Setúbal.

Deputies Rui Paulo Sousa, who was the first vice-president, and Marta Silva are leaving.

At the beginning of the month, the president of Chega, André Ventura, suggested that deputy Pedro Pinto should remain as the party's parliamentary leader in the 17th Legislature and anticipated changes in the remaining leadership of the bench.

Pedro Pinto, elected by the Faro constituency, has led the Chega bench since 2022, when the party achieved a parliamentary group with 12 deputies for the first time.

In the last election, in April 2024, when Chega had a bench of 50 deputies, Pedro Pinto was re-elected, having received only one blank vote, out of a total of 47 who voted.

Photo: Chega.