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The budget of the electoral campaign for the Presidency of the Republic of the leader of Chega amounts to 160 thousand euros, according to an official document to which Lusa had access, more than three times the amount announced by his opponent Ana Gomes.
The current and reelected head of state, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, revealed that he intends to spend only 25 thousand euros, half of the 50 thousand euros planned by the diplomat and former PS MEP.
The structure of the single deputy of the far-right party, for its part, plans to spend 25 thousand euros only in “design of campaigns, communication agencies and market studies” and similar value in “advertising, written press and digital communication.”
“Structures, posters and screens” is an item that will entail costs of 50 thousand euros, while 20,000 euros are allocated to “rallies and shows”, with an additional 20,000 euros for “gifts and other offers”.
Also according to the document, the main sources of financing for the Ventura campaign are “contributions from political parties (25 thousand euros),” fundraising “(25 thousand euros) and” donations “(100 thousand euros), but the document it does not identify names or entities.
There is also a provision for “donations in kind” (five thousand euros) and another for “loan of goods as a loan”.
The presidential elections will be held on January 24, 2021, ending on Thursday the deadline for the delivery of voters’ signatures and formalization of candidacies with the Constitutional Court.
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