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“Admiral, friend, the people are with you.” Gouveia e Melo takes to the stage amid supporters' chants and enthusiasm. He thanks people for the way he was received across the country during the campaign and highlights the importance of the Presidency: “The country benefits when the President is seen as a guarantor of balance.” See the full speech here.

Gouveia e Melo says he is André Ventura’s 'antidote' and that the prospect of the Chega leader becoming president is real. The admiral took a train journey from Cascais to Lisbon, passed through Belém and says he would not rule out standing again in five years' time.

The candidate backed by PSD and CDS-PP said there is 'an essential difference' between himself and the candidate supported by the PS.

Close to the heart, out of sight. Behind the scenes, Cotrim's inner circle comes from IL. In public, any former AD MP is seen as more valuable. And there may be a problem for Mariana Leitão on the horizon.

Seguro is the only one who can curb the right's monopoly and rebalance the political system. Opinion by Nuno Severiano Teixeira
