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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa speaks to journalists
President of the Republic said he is free to appoint a government with the certainty that this government is not rejected.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa chooses to stay more discreet during campaigns Electoral but this time opened an exception.
The President of the Republic said last Thursday that he wants to appoint a government with the certainty that the respective program will be made possible in Parliament, which considered to be “the fundamental question” in this matter.
Marcelo shot that he is “free to name a government making sure that the government is not immediately rejectedAnd that “is not free to name it, not having that certainty.”
O PAN reacted quickly: Want Marcelo Calado until May 18th. The party spokesman, Inês Sousa Real, the President of the Republic to “refer to silence”, claiming to expect this is not indirectly appealing to the useful vote.
But it was precisely that that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa did, warns Vítor Matos, expert in politics.
“Marcelo suddenly got up from his silence and intruded on the campaign in a way that is not the most recommended or correct“, He analyzed, on the radio.
Victor considers that the President of the Republic should have kept that statement for May 19, the following day to legislative elections.
The Express journalist understands that Marcelo does not want to repeat what Cavaco Silva did in 2015, when he invited Passos Coelho to form government – which was soon rejected in the Assembly of the Republic by the leftist majority.
But Marcelo “I shouldn’t have done this in the middle of the campaign. It is a intrusion that moves the game: it is a appeal to the useful vote in AD or PS “If this is reflected in today’s electorate,” he said.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa However, in advance, this Sunday. It will be at Pope Leo XIV’s first mass at the Vatican on election day.
“My appeal is to vote. Vote for a very simple reason. The world is as it is, not easy, it is harder than a year ago and on the other hand there can be no elections next year,” he told reporters.
