José Fonseca Fernandes
Henrique Eduardo Passaláqua de Gouveia e Melo. This will be the name that will appear on the ballot paper, on January 18, 2026. Returned, but with no accounts to settle with the end of the Empire, nephew of a communist and a man from the Estado Novo, son of a moderate opponent of Salazarism and friend of Almeida Santos who fled the PREC to Brazil. Everything in Gouveia e Melo’s biography seems destined to please Greeks and Trojans. And yet, he was far from being a consensual figure among his comrades in arms. For some it will be vain and ambitious; to others confident and courageous.
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His dream was to be Chief of Staff of the Navy, but the Portuguese got to know him before he got there, when António Costa, to free himself from the siege of opposition to the vaccination process, chose a soldier who supposedly had no political ambitions and would be left alone. Some will say it was his competence, others that it was his uniform, but his authority was accepted. And the PS created the monster (unless) it didn’t want. Once in military leadership, he gave many interviews and maintained his visibility, paving the way for a candidacy that everyone had already predicted.
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The polls show him as the favorite, confusing the parties’ usual accounts. But when he started having to talk about politics, really being a politician, he also started to fall. There is no consensus that always lasts when positions have to be clarified.
Opponents point to his inexperience as his main problem. A blank sheet of paper and only after taking office will we realize what contract we signed. Supporters of party independence and neutrality, which will give you equidistance in difficult times. And the authority. Helped by a uniform that she no longer wears and is also seen as a problem.
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