Re-elected president in Portugal closed due to pandemic



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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa receives at least 60 percent of the votes, according to the forecasts published in the country’s main media. Thus, he seems to have a good margin over the 50 necessary to win already in the first round.

The 72-year-old popular, who was previously the leader of the liberal-conservative PSD party, clearly had the most support in advance opinion polls. The only stumbling block on the road to the new five years was seen as apostasy among voters.

In the last ten days, significant restrictions have been applied in Portugal due to the increasing spread of the infection. If too many had stayed home, he could have forced a second round.

The candidate of the Socialist Social Democratic Party, Ana Gomes, comes as expected in second place and then André Ventura of the right-wing populist party Chega (which means “Enough”, as in “Enough is enough”).

Most of Portugal’s politics is controlled by the prime minister and the government, but the president is mandated to nominate the prime minister and dissolve parliament, and he is also the commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces.

Fixed: A previous version indicated the wrong political color for PSD.

The two traditionally largest parties in Portugal, the Socialist Party (Socialist Party, PS) and the Social Democratic Party (Social Democratic Party, PSD), should not be judged by their names.

The Socialist Party is a social democratic party.

Despite its name, the Social Democratic Party is a bourgeois and liberal-conservative party that brings together various ideologies and tries to attract voters on a broad front.

Politically, however, the differences are not considered so great today. Both parties follow a market-oriented policy and even under the ruling Socialist Party, with Prime Minister Antonio Costa, the scope of the welfare system has diminished. Both are also positive about the country’s membership of the EU.



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