Ventura bets that António Costa will vote for Gouveia e Melo

The Chega leader stated today that Gouveia e Melo is increasingly leading the PS's causes, especially because he has Mário Soares as a presidential model, and bet that former Prime Minister António Costa will vote for the admiral.

André Ventura was speaking at the entrance to the opening session of the conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of IDL – Instituto Amaro da Costa, at the Thalia Theater, in Lisbon, with the presence of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Speaking to journalists, André Ventura criticized the positions taken by Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo in the interview he gave to the Lusa news agency, particularly regarding the ideal model for a President of the Republic and immigration.

"He said he sees himself in Mário Soares's presidency and that after ten years, an immigrant, an individual from Bangladesh, India, or Pakistan, is as Portuguese as we are. This isn't the candidacy of someone who loves their country. It's the candidacy of someone who thinks like the left," stated the Chega presidential candidate.

For André Ventura, the former Chief of the Navy General Staff, "every day he speaks he shows that he is increasingly the PS candidate," which, in his view, will complicate the situation for António José Seguro, the candidate who will be supported by the Socialists.

"If I were in António José Seguro's position, I would be worried, because every day the admiral speaks, he's gathering new Socialist support. And I bet Dr. António Costa will vote for Admiral Gouveia e Melo for President of the Republic, and there's an entire Socialist Party that prefers the admiral to António José Seguro, but that's their business, not our problem," he concluded.