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The time has come to see what Seguro and Ventura are like away from the cameras.
At least before the first round it seemed so, but now that he is leading the race to Belém he is the most adored of the Socialists. And, after all, where is Passos Coelho?
From being the subject of some mockery in the early months to the surprise candidate of these elections. In a campaign run in two stages, the candidate speaks about how difficult it was to endure the blows he suffered.
He never thought he'd be a candidate for Belém, but he accepted his comrades' challenge. He recognises the difficulties but maintains his objective: to persevere. He does not hide how much he misses Belenenses and his friendship with Seguro.
To the tune of 'No Céu Azul' by his band Irmãos Catita, Manuel João Vieira, a candidate in the presidential race, promises—in his usual humorous style—a luxury car factory to supply “the whole Iberian Peninsula.” Twenty-one years ago, after an earlier, unrealised candidacy, he was writing political commentary for the newspaper BLITZ, arguing that “citizen intervention is the only way to save politics.”
With the first week of the campaign drawing to a close, Henrique Gouveia e Melo is already presenting himself as a 'politician'.
A less staged and more consistent stance may be proving a competitive advantage compared with the other candidates.
