Antoninho Costa has no large majority, or else he would not be making a deal with Catarina. Beção Podom tumcher. BC "
Edgar Valles diasval...@gmail.com Antonio Costa, the first European Chief Minister of Goan origin, won the national elections that took place on October 6, 2019, in Portugal by a large majority. His Socialist Party (known as the PS, by its Portuguese initials) secured 36.65% of the votes and got elected 106 members of Parliament. The opposition Social-Democratic Party (PSD), lead by his rival Rui Rio, secured just 27.90% of the votes and got elected 77 deputies. However, Costa will need the support of other leftist parties, the Communist Party and the Bloco de Esquerda, as he did not get an absolute majority. In Portugal, as in India, the government needs the support of the Parliament. The PS needed 10 more MPs to rule without the support of any other party, on its own. I**************