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The former candidate for the Left Bloc to the Presidency of the Republic, Marisa Matias.
Former bloc candidate calls for “strong left” alternative. The PS National Commission will discuss its candidacy for presidential elections on February 8.
The deputy of the BE and former candidate for the presidency of the Republic Marisa Matias The hypothesis of entering the race to Belém in 2026, insisting on the need for a “strong left” alternative.
Marisa Matias was questioned in the afternoon about the possibility of returning to the Presidency of the Republic, after competing in 2016 and 2021.It’s completely out. (…) It is not an option ”he responded.
The former team is the third to move away from the next race to Bethlehem, after and they have put aside.
The old MEP insisted on need for a “strong left” candidacy, Appeal already made by the party coordinator, Mariana Mortágua.
“The country is much more than a dispute between the far right and the conservative right sold to the far right and, therefore, we obviously need a strong left candidacy and I hope it will appear,” he said.
On the left, the PS National Commission will discuss its candidacy for presidential elections on February 8. The former President of the Assembly of the Republic Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues has already argued that the PS should make some open primaries to choose his candidate.
Marisa Matias to the last two presidential elections in 2016 and 2021.
In the legislatures last year, he headed the list of BE for the electoral circle of Porto and premiered in the Assembly of the Republic after having been in the European Parliament since 2009. The Blockian leader, who is part of the main party agencies as the Secretariat, Political Commission and National Table, he was a list of the European Parliament by the party in 2014 and 2019.
On the right, however, it seems everything aligned with Luis’s announcement to the succession of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, guarantees the public this Tuesday.
