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Campaigning in inland regions, the presidential candidate acknowledges favourable opinion polls and says the margin at the ballot box will determine his role if he wins the election. Also, Sporting beat Nacional 2-1.
Presidential candidate Humberto Correia said today he will not endorse any candidate in the second round and, while the results are being counted, is finishing his autobiography, saying he had believed Gouveia e Melo would win the election.
António Filipe believes this “campaign was worth it”, despite the outcome of the candidacy. The candidate backed by the PCP says many supporters voted for António José Seguro out of “fear that there could be two more right-wing candidates in the second round”.
António José Seguro has just arrived at his campaign headquarters in Caldas da Rainha. Walking from his home, the candidate backed by the Socialist Party (PS) began by greeting the Portuguese people.
João Cotrim de Figueiredo agrees with Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who said the next President of the Republic will have a difficult term. On the sidelines of a campaign event in Guimarães, the presidential candidate argued for a Head of State with a different political attitude.
João Cotrim de Figueiredo says that on Sunday he will receive more than 20 per cent of the vote and believes the way he campaigned will “serve as inspiration” for other political battles. The candidate insisted that the “dirty campaign” he believes he is being targeted by will not succeed.
Presidential candidate Cotrim Figueiredo said today he was 'standing, whole, ready for the fight and to make history' after 'difficult days' following an allegation of sexual harassment, and did not rule out supporting any candidate, including Ventura.
The liberal candidate admitted that saying he wouldn't rule out supporting any candidate in a potential run-off, including Ventura, was “a rather unfortunate moment”.
“Each citizen will decide how to vote next Sunday,” says António Filipe, a candidate backed by the PCP and PEV.
António José Seguro on Monday rejected the idea of voting for André Ventura in a hypothetical second round of the presidential election because he considers himself the moderate candidate best placed to win, adding that his opponents on the right promise to help one another. “No, I will not accept that,” he told journalists today as he left a rally at the auditorium of ...
The candidate backed by the PSD and CDS-PP sought to distance himself from his rivals.
The presidential candidate points out that many of history's greatest leaders emerged after “successive defeats”.
Presidential candidate João Cotrim de Figueiredo argued that being President of the Republic is not a career prize, nor a role as a facilitator of business or a way to gain airtime for other elections. “For me, being President of the Republic is not a career prize. For me, being President of the Republic is not a continuation of duties of ...”
