The Lisbon Department of Investigation and Criminal Action (DIAP) is investigating the case of André Ventura’s posters about Bangladesh and the gypsy community. The topic entered the presidential pre-campaign, drawing criticism from several candidates.
From the street to the courts, the propaganda of the presidential candidate who leads Chega was a pre-campaign theme. Six people took legal action and called for the removal of posters about the gypsy community and Bangladesh.
The Public Ministry opened an investigation, but Luís Marques Mendes understands that, in this case, politics should play a more active role. Other candidates preferred not to give much airtime to the subject as João Cotrim de Figueiredo or the admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo.
The general strike has also marked the agenda and some candidates insist that there is still time to negotiate with the unions. Some bet on dialoguebut in politics, sometimes, also the silence can be used as an antibioticespecially to combat controversies.
During a visit to the S. Francisco Xavier Hospital, in Lisbon, challenged to respond to criticism about the motivations that led him to advance for a presidential candidacy and the alleged interference of the President of the Republic, Gouveia e Melo it was surgical. He tries to remain immune, but the issue still contaminates the presidential pre-campaign.
The echoes reached Luanda, where the President of the Republic guaranteed to have a dialogic character. Speak in the third person to It is the President in office trying to put an end to the controversy that, in recent days, stirred up the race to Belém.
