The campaign by ‘Candidate Vieira’ mirrors the country’s growing anti-establishment sentiment
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n Lisbon’s Campo de Ourique market earlier this week, conversation had turned – a little inevitably – to Sunday’s presidential election, which will decide who will take over from the outgoing Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
But amid the usual claims and counter-claims, promises and pledges, one candidate has been offering voters something a bit more enticing than his competitors.
“Wouldn’t you like a Ferrari, as he promised?” one fishmonger laughingly asked a colleague.
