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Presidential candidate Luís Marques Mendes considers that an eventual election of Admiral Henrique Gouveia and Melo “can be a huge risk” and “a danger to democracy.”
Gouveia and Melo announced last week in the middle of the election campaign for legislative elections, a.
The former chief of the Armada was, from the outset, much criticized by the timing of the ad e.
But criticism continues. Now it was the turn of your rival in the race to Belém, LUÍS MARQUES MENDESwhich goes further and states that this announcement represents A DANGER FOR DEMOCRACY.
“At first glance, it is seductive to say that one wants a president of the Republic that comes from outside politics, but I draw attention that then may be a huge risk and may be a danger to democracy,” Marques Mendes said in an interview with Antena 1 podcast.
“Because someone out of politics has no political experience. Someone outside politics does not know politics. Someone outside politics has no political traquejo.
Alert: Gouveia and Melo is not D. Sebastião
“In Portugal some people look at Gouveia and Melo Type D. Sebastião. Wait for D. Sebastião never gave a good resultand can pose a danger and a risk to democracy, because it lacks experience, ”he said.
“Gouveia Melo’s position on the subject is hardly known. And in the few themes he knows, he has had at least two opinions of the same article, ”said the former PSD president.
“I would say, since he will now be finally candidate, I think you can and should start explaining the subjects“In particular the recent“ defeat ”in court related to the case of the ship in 2023.
MARQUES MENDES defends voters from the arrival
In the same interview, about the results of last Sunday’s elections, Marques Mendes argued that “There has to be institutional dialogue with the arrival” And that “treating the voters of arrives as dangerous fascists is stupidity.”
In the opinion of the presidential candidate, the result of Sunday elections brings a reconfiguration of the party system. However, he believes that the PSD should not be afraid of being collapsed by the arrival, which has already collapsed the PS.
“The arrival was created from the perspective of destroying the PSD. And the Socialist Party has even been encouraging it for a long time that it would hurt the PSD (…) Who was destroyed was the PS“, He mocked.
