Mário Cruz / Lusa
MAAP does not want to “cause more complications” and must distance itself, for now, from the presidential campaign in favor of the general.
What General Gouveia e Melo did last Friday distanced him from the movement supporting his candidacy for the 2026 presidential elections.
The Admiral guaranteed that “he is not linked to the creation of the MAAP association (Movement to Support the Admiral for the President) and does not feel any responsibility for the actions of its membersmuch less will he be able to scrutinize all the people who, through this, or in any other way, come to support him”.
The statements left the new MAAP reticent, and, according to , at the next general assembly of the group, to be held on the 29th, extinction should be considered.
“We’re not going to get any more complications,” he said. Jose Manuel Anesformer grand master of the Legal Grand Lodge of Portugal, one of the main figures of the movement, belonging to Portuguese regular Freemasonry, where, according to the weekly, it is the main obedience.
“In view of the latest events and the displeasure expressed by Admiral Gouveia e Melo, I decided propose the dissolution of the Movement to Support the Admiral as President at the General Assembly scheduled for January 29th”, the .
The creation of the movement to support the Admiral’s candidacy was closely related to Freemasonry, and many members of the group support his candidacy. However, since the beginning of the formation of his support network, the Admiral has been reticent towards the group. Gouveia e Melo now “a little boring” with his support group, because he “doesn’t like feeling pressured”.
“Let’s stay quiet until the admiral advances“, the group now guarantees, which says that the Admiral should not stop counting on the support network that was being built with the MAAP.
However, he guarantees, “it doesn’t make sense” that there is a movement from which the Admiral has already distanced himself.
