Martins Goulart, first parliamentary leader of PS/Açores, emphasized that the party had to "fight and resist" during the "pioneer experience" of the beginning of the autonomy of the Azores. The statements were made today, in reference to the initial period of regional autonomy.
Goulart considered that phase to be a "learning experience for everyone", but also a "very rich experience", despite the bad conditions in which it took place. The politician acknowledged the difficulties faced by the party in that historical context.
In his speech, Martins Goulart defended the need to proceed with a "refounding" of the autonomy model. This proposal comes as a response to what the parliamentary leader designated as "regional centralism", suggesting that the current model needs to be reformulated.
The content was advanced by the newspaper acores9.pt, which reported the interventions of Martins Goulart on the history and future of Azorean autonomy.
