The Portuguese elect Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s successor on Sunday, in elections whose second round, to be held, will take place on February 8.
This Wednesday, the district of Lisbon concentrates most of the actions of the presidential candidates, with the 11th day of campaigning for the elections also having stops in Minho, Algarve and the districts of Porto and Setúbal.
Candidates supported by right-wing parties will concentrate in the northern half of the country, with Luís Marques Mendes to dedicate the day to Minho, starting with contact with the population at the Arcos de Valdevez Municipal Market (Viana do Castelo) and followed by lunch at the University of Braga.
The candidate supported by the PSD and CDS-PP then makes a stop “at home”, to contact the population in the center of the city of Fafe (Braga), and ends the day with a session with supporters at the Escola Superior de Saúde do Vale do Ave, in Vila Nova de Famalicão (Braga).
Also in the North will be the candidate supported by Chega, Andre Venturawith a visit to Mercado Municipal das Caxinas, in Vila do Conde (Porto), in the morning, and a street party on Rua de Santa Catarina, in Porto, from 5:30 pm.
In the center of the country, João Cotrim Figueiredosupported by the Liberal Initiative (IL), visits the production of Pereira queijadas, in Montemor-o-Velho, in the morning, and in the afternoon has a meeting with supporters at a hotel in Figueira da Foz, both in the district of Coimbra.
Candidates from the political left today concentrate most of their campaign activities in the southern half of the country, with António José Segurosupported by the PS, dedicating the day to actions in the Lisbon district, starting at the Municipal Market of Vila Franca de Xira, followed by contacts with the populations of Amadora and Mafra, and closing the day with dinner in Lourinhã.
Also in Lisbon and surrounding areas there will be Antonio Filipe e Catarina Martinswith the communist having lunch with jurists in Lisbon, followed by a meeting with young people at BOTA – Base Organizada da Toca das Artes and a dinner with supporters in Santarém, while the blockist will meet in the morning in Amadora with the board of directors of Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca (Amadora-Sintra) and close the day with a contact action with the population starting in Largo do Carmo, in Lisbon.
Further south will be the candidate supported by Livre, Jorge Pintowith a visit to the Faro Hospital in the morning, contact with the population of Barreiro (Setúbal) in the middle of the afternoon and a visit to the Vale da Amoreira neighborhood, in Moita (Setúbal), to close the day.
Candidates without party support Henry Gouveia and Melo e Manuel João Vieira They will also concentrate their actions on the 11th day of the campaign mainly in the Lisbon district, with the admiral visiting the Alvalade Market early in the morning, followed by a visit to Escola Secundária Professor Santana Castilho, in Oeiras, a visit to the company Abrancongelados, in Abrantes (Santarém district), and returning to Oeiras for a dinner with supporters at Desportivo Carlos Queiroz.
The leader of Ena Pá 2000 will promote a campaign action in Campo de Ourique, during the morning, which ends with lunch in a tavern in that emblematic Lisbon neighborhood.
