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Paulo Portas
Supporting Marques Mendes is a possibility but there is a climate of tension with the PSD – the two parties that form the government.
Gouveia and Melo has not announced if it will be Candidate for the Presidency of the Republic. Marques Mendes already his candidacy.
Both are associated with right policy. Luís Marques Mendes was once leader of the PSD, a party that will support him in the election campaign.
But Who will the CDs support? Francisco Rodrigues dos Santos, former party leader, that the CDS has only one alternative: Support Marques Mendes – It’s a matter of “Loyalty and Gratitude” to the PSD.
It is recalled that the government is made up of elements of the PSD and the CDS, who have come together before the 2024 legislative elections to recover the AD-Democratic Alliance, also with the participation of the PPM.
For now, the party announces nothing. It is admitted to support Marques Mendes precisely, although there is sympathy for Gouveia and Melo.
But still wait by a decision of another previous party leader: Paulo Portas, which may also be a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic.
In the midst of this impasse, there is a climate of Tension with the PSD. Above all because Marques Mendes announced his candidacy without having spoken before with Nuno MeloMinister of Defense and President of the CDS.
The same newspaper writes that there are CD managers who think the PSD is ignoring His coalition party-it is recalled that Luís Montenegro said, for months, that the PSD would support a candidate who was a PSD militant; Never spoke of CDS or Paulo Portas.
According to the same leaders, if the PSD moves away from this way, the CDS You can also feel independent to support anyone who wants (although the story says the opposite).
In relation to Paulo Portas, will be pondering yet. In a few months it should announce your decision.
