Inspired by Jorge Sampaio, focused on the dialogue: Marques Mendes will even be a candidate for Belém (and unlike Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, he will leave SIC before announcing it).
The decision will be made: Luís Marques Mendes prepares to announce his candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic. Next February, the future candidate will end your role as a political commentator at SIC For ethics in election year, this Tuesday advances.
The commentator an eventual candidacy for Belém in August 2023, in his comment space on the third channel, admitting to advance “if there is usefulness to the country” and “a minimum of conditions to move forward.” A year later, August 2024, admitted to making that decision. This month, in one of the first programs of the year, said he was “ultimately” to the eventual candidacy.
The departure of SIC’s comment space to pursue the presidency contrast with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s strategy in 2016which kept your comment as a commenter until the official announcement of your candidacy.
Marques Mendes will choose to anticipate the announcement due to the current context, namely due to the absence of a candidate defined by the Socialist Party (PS).
Pointed out as the PS favorite still in the race, António Vitorino continues to consider his candidacywhile António José Seguro has already indicated that “it does not depend on anyone.”
If Marques Mendes announces his candidacy, with the, arises in a position of greater stability compared to opponents.
With Admiral Gouveia and Melo with practically certain place in the race, Marques Mendes does not think, however, that this conditions it: “does not change anything” in his decision, in his comment space at SIC.
If he advances to the candidacy for Belém, Mendes should have the support of Luís Montenegro, his friend and colleague for over 30 years.
The presidency model that Marques Mendes intends to follow is Inspired by Jorge Sampaioadvances the public.
Known for promoting consensus between parties and building bridges of political understanding, the former president’s course resembles that of Marques Mendes, who demonstrated negotiation with socialists, as in the 1997 constitutional revision and in relevant agreements during governments by António Guterres and José Sócrates.
Marques Mendes intends to adopt a presidency style Focused on dialogue and in the construction of bridges and understandings between the different political forces.
