The leader of Chega stated this Saturday that Gouveia e Melo is increasingly leading the PS causes, especially because he has Mário Soares as a presidential model, and bet that former prime minister António Costa will vote for the admiral.
André Ventura was speaking at the entrance to the opening session of the conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of IDL – Instituto Amaro da Costa, at Teatro Thalia, in Lisbon, with the presence of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Speaking to journalists, André Ventura criticized the positions taken by Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo in the interview he gave to the Lusa agency, namely about the ideal model of President of the Republic and about immigration.
“He said that he sees himself in the presidency of Mário Soares and that after ten years an immigrant, an individual from Bangladesh, India or Pakistan, is as Portuguese as we are. This is not a candidacy from someone who loves their country. It’s a candidacy from someone who thinks like the left thinks”considered Chega’s presidential candidate.
For André Ventura, the former chief of staff of the Navy “every day he speaks shows that he is increasingly the PS candidate”, which, from his perspective, will complicate the situation of António José Seguro, the candidate who will be supported by the socialists.
“If I were in António José Seguro’s position, I would be worried, because every day the admiral speaks he is gathering new socialist support. And I bet that Doctor António Costa votes for Admiral Gouveia e Melo for President of the Republic and there is a whole PS that prefers the admiral to António José Seguro, but that’s up to them, it’s not our problem”, it’s over
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