This stance follows a debate broadcast on Antena 1, Renascença, TSF and Observador, in which Jorge Pinto — unlike Catarina Martins and António Filipe — did not categorically say whether he intended to withdraw by 18 January.

This stance follows a debate broadcast on Antena 1, Renascença, TSF and Observador, in which Jorge Pinto — unlike Catarina Martins and António Filipe — did not categorically say whether he intended to withdraw by 18 January.