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The president of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, rejected in 2017 an invitation to belong to the honor committee of the president of Sporting de Braga, as announced by the “Observer” this Tuesday, September 14.
The invitation came when Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was already President of the Republic, after explaining that he could not accept the suggestion due to the position he held. In 2013, when he was a political commentator, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s life was different and as such he was part of the honor committee for António Salvador’s candidacy.
Regarding the presence of the Prime Minister, António Costa, in the honor committee of Luís Filipe Vieira’s candidacy for the presidency of Benfica, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stressed that he only knows the information transmitted “through the media and what I heard. was the explanation of the prime minister given in the media. I’ll only know more in the audience [com Costa] in a few days “.
The Prime Minister and the Mayor of Lisbon will join the honorary committee for the re-election of Luís Filipe Vieira to the presidency of Benfica, the newspaper “Expresso” reported this Saturday.
The list contains more than 500 names from various areas and different political backgrounds: the former Minister of Internal Administration of a PS government, Rui Pereira; The PSD deputy, Duarte Pacheco; the deputy of the CDS, Telmo Correia; the president of the City Council of Seixal for CDU, Joaquim Santos; António Saraiva, President of the Confederação Empresarial de Portugal,
For the newspaper Expresso, the prime minister’s office indicates that the support is as a partner of SL Benfica and not as the prime minister. The mayor of Lisbon also highlights that support is like a partner.
Rui Rio, president of the PSD and Catarina Martins, coordinator of the Bloco de Esquerda and André Silva, leader of the PAN were the only political leaders who reacted to the inclusion of António Costa in the honor committee. The tones were critical of the prime minister.
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