Portuguese Socialist Party ends campaign with final rally for upcoming election

(8 Mar 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Almada, Portugal - 8 March 2024
1. Various of Socialist supporters waving flags
2. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Nuno Santos, Socialist Party leader:
++FLAGS PARTLY OBSCURE SPEAKER++
“Appeal to the vote of those who work, those who worked their whole lives, women, the youth, appeal to the vote on the 10th of March because it is about the future of a community, our future that is at stake and on the ballot on the 10th March. Appeal to everyone to convince those undecided to vote, every single one is one more vote so that we can win, I would like to tell to all of those undecided, to all of those that vote on the left, all of those that voted for the PS (Socialist Party) in 2022 there is only one way to continue to move forward, it is with a victory of the PS.”
3. Mid of flags
4. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Nuno Santos, Socialist Party leader:
++FLAGS OBSCURE SPEAKER++
“For all of Portugal, all of it, a Portugal for everyone, not only a few, but all, men, women, youth, adults, elderly, everyone, this is the party for all of Portugal.”
5. Various of flags
6. Group photo being taken of supporters
7. Close of rose (symbol of Socialist Party)
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Vanessa Lima, Musician, supporter of the Socialist Party:
“I hope for a great victory of the PS on Sunday, I hope to see Pedro Nuno Santos as Prime Minister of our country, to see our country growing, supporting culture and the youth, that’s it.”
9. Close of sign with PS symbol
10. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Pedro Dias Pereira, Lawyer, supporter of the Socialist Party:
“An absolute majority is something that I don’t think is on the horizon of the Portuguese people at this point, however, when PS wins, even without that majority, they will be able to make the necessary parliamentary agreements to continue to be the guarantee of stability for the country.”
11. Wide of rose in crowd and Portuguese flag
12. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Raquel Assembleia, social worker, supporter of the Socialist Party:
“A victory of course, I do not expect anything else. That’s what we have seen during the campaign, it is PS that addresses better the problems of the Portuguese and we see the strength in the streets and the people do not lie.”
13. Wide of sign reading (Portuguese) “On the 10th March, vote PS”
14. Light projection with socialist appeal (Portuguese: “The whole of Portugal”)
STORYLINE:
Portugal is gearing up for early elections on Sunday with recent polls pointing out to around 20 per cent of undecided voters - among them, a majority of women.

On Friday, Socialist Party leader Pedro Nuno Santos appealed for the votes of the female electorate, as well as of young people and workers.

Portugal’s centre-left Socialist Party and centre-right Social Democratic Party have alternated in power for decades and are expected to collect most of the 10.8 million potential votes this time, too. But both are tainted by charges of graft and cronyism.

The election is taking place because Socialist leader António Costa resigned after eight years as prime minister amid last November's corruption investigation. He hasn’t been accused of any crime.

The public sense of outrage could lend further momentum to a rightward drift in European politics because of the radical right populist party feeding off disenchantment with the mainstream political parties. Similar trends have in the past gripped neighbouring Spain and France.

Despite tens of billions of euros (dollars) in European Union development aid in recent decades, Portugal remains one of Western Europe’s poorest countries.



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