Municipalities 2020/Brava: MpD bets on the strategic plan as a guideline to “develop” the island

The candidate of the Movement for Democracy (MpD – power) for the presidency of the Brava City Council, Francisco Tavares, advanced that the strategic plan will be the main bet for the “development” of the island in the coming years.

In an interview with Inforpress, the candidate said that the platform is divided into parts and the main part is reflected in the strategic plan.

However, he stressed that there are bets for youth in terms of technical and professional training for young people, betting on sport.

In addition, Francisco Tavares promised that they will invest in the continuation of urban rehabilitation and in the improvement of the homes of families in a state of degradation.

Likewise, his candidacy aims to ensure that there is “more participation” by private individuals, civil society and emigrants in investments on the island and in projects and programs of a social nature.

The transformation of agriculture, fishing and cattle raising into business activities and not just sporadic income activities is another bet of the party.

Furthermore, they intend to continue the process of transforming Brava as a quality tourist destination, which implies working to improve the maritime connection with Brava and have a definitive answer regarding the airfield on the island, implement a program similar to the Raízes de Santo Antão project, continue the partnership with, Sete Sóis Sete Luas, among others.

In the area of health, the candidate promises to work to have more technicians and specialists on the island, indicating a dentist, a physiotherapist in the public service to “serve the most needy population in the best way”.

In the last municipal elections on September 4, 2016, the seventh held in Cape Verde to choose the holders of municipal bodies in Brava, two candidates ran, with the MpD (Orlando Balla) achieving 1,673 votes (58.99%), and the PAICV (Manuel Gomes) 1,111 votes (39.17%).

For the October 25 municipal elections, a total of 4,830 voters are provisionally registered in the electoral rolls (in 2016 the number of registered voters was 4,435, of which 2,836 voted).

Francisco Tavares competes for the position of mayor of Brava City Council with Clóvis Silva, PAICV candidate.

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