"We must be available for dialogue with all political forces, except the PSD and Chega", said Paulo Cafôfo to journalists, in Câmara de Lobos, after the caravan of the candidacy for the early regional elections had visited several municipalities on the island of Madeira. The also leader of the Madeiran PS, the largest party in the regional opposition (it has 11 deputies in a universe of 47 in the insular parliament) insisted that, in the elections on Sunday, "the perspective is not to have absolute majorities", with the socialists being the only ones who can dispute the presidency of the Regional Government with the social democrat Miguel Albuquerque, who has headed the executive since 2015. Insisting that the PS "will not join hands with the PSD", nor "will it ever dialogue" with Chega, which he considered to be "an anti-autonomist and extremist party", the socialist candidate assured that, "other than that", the PS is available for "a dialogue for Madeira" the day after the elections, so that there is "a convergence to form a government" and that allows "an end to these 48 years of the same power" in the region. Paulo Cafofo also reiterated the criticisms of the national and regional leaders of Chega, André Ventura and Miguel Castro, respectively, who, "despite the advances and retreats", have already expressed their willingness to make agreements with the PSD. "The regional leader has also said that he is not closing the doors to the PSD, which are wide open, because Miguel Albuquerque [leader of the PSD/Madeira and outgoing president of the Regional Government] has already said that he has no red lines with Chega or with any party, as long as it is to stay in power, I would say, to save his skin", he argued. For the PS, he reaffirmed, "the forbidden lines are really with the PSD and Chega". However, until Sunday it is premature "to be in dialogues and conversations", since it is not known "what the electoral weight of all the parties will be", he added. "Therefore, we will wait with all responsibility", he stressed, recalling that he "already has experience in 'geringonças', in the Câmara do Funchal, which was the first geringonça that was formed, in 2013". The head of the PS list also stressed that "the guarantee of stability is not in the PSD", recalling that it was Miguel Albuquerque who triggered the political crisis in Madeira that led to the calling of early elections, with the president of the Regional Government resigning "in fits and starts", on the eve of the discussion and approval of the Regional Budget for 2024. "The instability itself is also within the PSD", he said, referring to the last internal elections of the PSD, in March, which "broke the party in half" and caused "sanctions and, even, the resignation of Albuquerque's chief of staff". "The instability is all in Miguel Albuquerque and the PSD", he reinforced, contrasting that the "PS is cohesive" and has a government project, the problems well identified and solutions to solve them. The legislative elections on Sunday in Madeira will take place with 14 candidacies competing for the 47 seats in the regional parliament, in a single electoral constituency: ADN, BE, PS, Livre, IL, RIR, CDU (PCP/PEV), Chega, CDS-PP, MPT, PSD, PAN, PTP and JPP. The early elections take place eight months after the most recent regional legislative elections, after the President of the Republic dissolved the Madeiran parliament, following the political crisis triggered in January, when the leader of the Regional Government (PSD/CDS-PP), Miguel Albuquerque, was made an arguido in a process in which suspicions of corruption are being investigated. In September 2023, the PSD/CDS coalition won without an absolute majority and elected 23 deputies. The PS won 11, the JPP five, Chega four, while the CDU, IL, PAN (which signed an agreement for parliamentary incidence with the social democrats) and the BE obtained one mandate each. Read Also: Madeira. Cafôfo assures that PS proposals have budgetary capacity (Portuguese version)