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For incomprehensible reasons, in the age of social media and with some people voting in the middle of the campaign, this day (as yesterday) must be grey in the newspapers until the polls close. Column by João Pedro Pereira

The CM channel promises a whole day of in-depth journalism ahead of the start of election-night coverage.

The entire Observador team mobilised to report the details of this long and unpredictable election campaign. Some got lost; others got wet; all covered many kilometres.

The 'Candidato Vieira', a character created by Manuel João Vieira, has reached the front page of The Guardian. The British newspaper highlighted the satirical candidacy in its article about this Sunday's Portuguese presidential election. The article appears in the 'In Focus' section of the homepage. In an article titled “Ferraris for everyone and free-flowing wine: satirical candidate stirs up the ...”

In this special episode of P24, we wanted to know what assessments our reporters who covered the presidential candidates make.

Cotrim de Figueiredo says he is the target of a 'character assassination'. According to the presidential candidate, 'the fault lies with the media.'


The presidential candidate backed by the Liberal Initiative targeted journalists over how they covered the accusation of harassment against him since the start of the week.

A few hours after saying it “makes no sense” to continue discussing the alleged sexual harassment complaints that have cast a shadow over his presidential campaign since they emerged on Monday, João Cotrim Figueiredo returned to the topic, this time pointing the finger at the media. He made the remarks at the end of a visit ...

The former leader of Iniciativa Liberal insists that 'there is no report, allegation or complaint' against him and points the finger at the media: 'Do you realise what you have done to my life?'
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.

In the debates, Seguro gathered more backing for the left than Marques Mendes managed for the right. Jorge Pinto emerged as the surprise.
