The Socialist Party (PS) guarantees that it will not contribute to a new political crisis, but keeps the direction of its vote on the motion of censure presented by Chega secret. José Luís Carneiro, the PS leader, is the central figure of this position.
The decision on how PS will vote should be made after Tuesday, thus maintaining the expectation about the party's official position. The party chooses to postpone the definition of the vote direction.
Chega is the party that presented the motion of censure that is generating this political uncertainty. The far-right party is the author of the initiative that places PS in a delicate position.
The context of this situation is related to the political instability that the country has been going through. PS intends to avoid contributing to a new crisis, but at the same time does not publicly reveal its voting intention.
