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“We hoped that some ‘comrade cassette’ would repeat the same from Cuba or the PREC (Continuous Revolutionary Process), 40 years ago, and the ‘plastic comrade’ appears, a politician whose value is only to be young and very similar,” he said, speaking with Agência Lusa.
The only deputy of Chega had already resorted to derogatory qualifications for the presidential candidates Ana Gomes (diplomat and former Socialist MEP) and Marisa Matias (BE MEP), respectively, “Gypsy Candidate” and “Marijuana Candidate”.
“João Ferreira is running for the presidential elections today, a clear third or fourth option, behind names such as the leader Jerónimo de Sousa or the former Armenian trade unionist Carlos. Certainly, they refused to fight and left Ferreira to fight the impossible fight only for the PCP, ”Ventura added.
The communist MEP, also a councilor in the Lisbon City Council, has already been elected by the PCP to head the list to the European Parliament on two occasions, as well as the first candidate on the list for the capital city council, thus having extensive experience in Electoral campaigns.
Six months after the end of the mandate of the current President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, there are already eight candidates for his place in the Palace of Belém.
In addition to Ventura, Ferreira, Ana Gomes and Marisa Matias, the lawyer and founder of the Liberal Initiative Tiago Mayan Gonçalves, the leader of the Democratic Republican Party (PDR), Bruno Fialho, Vitorino Silva (better known as Tino de Rans)) and the former CDS-PP activist Orlando Cruz.
