José Sena Goulão / Lusa
Henrique Gouveia e Melo
“There are many Freemasons in the Government and Freemasons running for president,” said the candidate for President of the Republic (without naming names). “They are trying to splash my white uniform”.
The candidate for the Presidency of the Republic Henrique Gouveia e Melo says that “there are many Freemasons in the Government and Freemasons running for president”.
In an interview with , the retired admiral stressed that he himself does not belong to Freemasonry. But he also refused to say who, specifically, he believes belongs to the organization.
“I, who am not a Freemason, are trying to splash my white uniform”, he pointed out, visibly irritated by the allegations he has been the target of since the beginning of his candidacy. However, Gouveia e Melo did not want to name names. “People are the ones who have to come out. I’m not a whistleblower,” he said.
It should be remembered that Gouveia e Melo initially received the support of a group called MAAP (Movement of Support for the Admiral for the President) strongly linked to Freemasonry, of which . After the retired admiral rejected the support of the movement whose one of the main figures was José Manuel Anes, former grand master of the Grand Lodge Legal of Portugal, the candidate, for not wanting to “invite more complications”.
Renascença, the candidate did not exclude the idea of holding a referendum on euthanasia and calls for greater investment in palliative care. And he rejects the scenario of Portugal making “historical reparations” to its former colonies.
