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To close the campaign, António José Seguro led a street march in Caldas da Rainha, the city where he launched his candidacy.

A dinner rally in Matosinhos, Porto, was attended by the president of IL. Mariana Leitão says there are no harassment complaints against the candidate and criticises the media.

Keen to please the veterans, the candidate and leader of Chega was given a military uniform and decided to wear it straight away during the subsequent speech in Ponte de Lima, where he vowed that, if elected President, he would settle accounts with history.

Regarding opinion polls, he said they 'influence more than they get right' and therefore warned that 'there is an ongoing call to vote' which he has been making.

In Guimarães, the cradle of the nation, the Chega candidate adopted a more patriotic tone

In Guimarães, Ventura says Cotrim 'is not right in the head' and warns about the PS's fear. The candidate backed by Chega calls for a 'shake-up' on the 18th and mobilises supporters: 'the country wasn't made by polls'.

At the Casal Vistoso Municipal Sports Complex, with the hall full, well-known figures from the Portuguese Communist Party were present to support António Filipe: Carlos Carvalhas, Jerónimo Sousa, Paulo Raimundo and João Oliveira.
In Penafiel, in the Porto district, Henrique Gouveia e Melo dramatised his speech, issuing a call for mobilisation on 18 January.
A glass of gin in hand, beach-bar music on the speakers and a thousand people registered, according to the organisers. At Cotrim de Figueiredo's rally in Lisbon, the candidate offered a 'rather scant' assessment of the country and presented himself as the President of optimism and hope. Júdice added that Cotrim would be an 'accelerator of reforms' from Belém. And they're already talking about a second round.
