“Perfect Prince” is the nickname of King D. João II, who appears in the Navy magazine arm in arm with Gouveia e Melo. Parties criticize “pre-campaign leaflet”, and IL also doesn’t go to bat with Almirante.
“If D João II saw drones, Artificial Intelligence and the technology we have available today, he would certainly I would not hesitate to exchange ideas with Admiral CEMA [Chefe do Estado-Maior da Armada] about the new challenges and the economic conquest of our sea”, writes the most recent edition of Revista da Marinha.
“O glorious past and present, dream and hope which began a long time ago, continues this Christmas”, concludes the text, entitled “descriptive memory”.
And a type of “editorial” that opens the edition It even has the signature of Gouveia e Melo himself, a possible candidate for the presidency of the Republic in the 2026 presidential elections.
He writes that he is grateful for the collaboration of the Armed Forces during his tenure in the Navy. And, now that this is coming to an end and he will not re-apply, he gives himself a compliment: “As I approach the last task, I feel calm and confident because I will leave the ship ready, focused, useful, meaningful and technologically more prepared to face a new navigation”.
Criticism was quick to arrive, both from social media users and politicians in the Assembly.
The “hardest” was Fabian Figueiredo, from Bloco de Esquerda, who, quoted by , said: “The official publication of the Portuguese Navy should not be reduced to a pre-campaign pamphlet presidential election of Gouveia e Melo. PS: I advise you to read the text that accompanies the illustration in which it is explained that the Admiral’s deeds would arouse the interest of D. João II.”
Also the deputy of Livre, Paulo Muachoquestioned whether this “is the Armada magazine or is it already a pre-campaign leaflet?”.
In the text illustration, the Admiral appears next to D. João II, whose nickname is “the Perfect Prince“, giving him his arm in a conversation surrounded by drawings of Navy objects.
There is no liberal “vision”, there is no IL
The Liberal Initiative will also remain aside from supporting Gouveia e Melo. In one on the social network X, Rui Rocha, president of the party, wrote that “it is very clear” that Admiral “does not represent liberal ideas”, Therefore, it will not have the support of IL.
“It is not the person in question, nor the military status. It’s the vision. IL must support a candidacy that represents the liberal space“, concludes the deputy.
Also, if it exists, as is possibly the case of Luís Marques Mendes.
A party that began to show some satisfaction with the possibility of supporting Gouveia e Melo was the He arrivesbut, as André Ventura admitted in the meantime, the Admiral is not even “absolutely consensual”as , remembers, and with one lurking, it is not clear which party (with the exception, possibly, of the CDS) could support Gouveia e Melo.
