Presidential candidate Luís Marques Mendes said today that it is an advantage that the Portuguese know his strengths and weaknesses so well, and insisted he is not standing for Belém 'to settle scores or out of vanity'.

Presidential candidate Luís Marques Mendes said today that it is an advantage that the Portuguese know his strengths and weaknesses so well, and insisted he is not standing for Belém 'to settle scores or out of vanity'.