António Martins da Cruz, Ambassador, Manuel Magalhães e Silva, lawyer and former consultant for former President of the Republic Jorge Sampaio, and Sebastião Bugalho, PSD MEO, analyze, on the antenna of SIC Notícias, the candidacies and hypothetical candidates to Belém.
In their analysis to candidates in Belém, together with António Martins da Cruz and Sebastião Bugalho, Manuel Magalhães e Silva states that Luís Marques Mendes will not be able to face Henrique Gouveia and Melo, a candidate who, according to the lawyer, It represents “the manifestation of displeasure about the national political system.
Sebastião Bugalho understands that, given the current “transformation” of the political system, it is necessary to have a president “who knows” this sameStema and argues that It is the indicated option.
Note that, taking into account the recent electoral results, the Portuguese showed that they want “stability and results”. To do this, “they need someone who knows the institutions that guarantee stability and someone who gets results ”:
“That’s what the consensus is for. Luís Marques Mendes has a life dedicated to getting these consensus.”
In turn, António Martins da Cruzsupporter of , understands that The Old Admiral he hadthis Thursday, During the presentation of your candidacy, a “very cordist” positionhaving not “attacked anyone”.
“What I think I wanted to do was mark in the perception of who was hearing that he is different, perhaps, from other candidates, but without mentioning them and without attacking them”He adds.
Manuel Magalhães e Silva guarantees that he will not support a hypothetical candidate of the Socialist Party, at a time when the party is not yet presented any name.
“They are unable to face Henrique Gouveia and Melo”
The names that have been most spoken, however, are those of António José Seguro and António Vitorino, possible candidates That, in the view of José Manuel Martins, “they are unable to face Henrique Gouveia and Melo.”
According to the lawyer, the results of the latest polls, which put the old admiral as the favorite of the Portuguesereveal that “there in relation to Gouveia and Melo, a part Da reaction that exists regarding the arrival ”:
“Gouveia and Melo represents, and in a wider way and as for the Presidency of the Republic, the manifestation of displeasure about the political systemon the one hand, and, on the other, for the continued criticism of the performance of Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.”
For Magalhães e Silva “Colomelism and ‘Arrives There’” by Marcelo “They ended up tiring people“And” degrade the role of President of the Republic. “
It also adds that Luís Marques Mendes will not be able to defeat Henrique Gouveia and Melo in the presidential suffrage and justifies:
“He is a man very markedly from party and I do not know to what extent there will have been some tiredness, in the global domain of public opinionregarding the continued appearance With certain characteristics that did not have, obviously, neither the color, nor the brightness of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. ”
António Martins da Cruz points out that “one of the advantages” of the coordinator of ‘task force ‘for covid-19 vaccination is“no be a professional politician”Because“ political opinion is increasingly polarized ”.
