Joana Amaral Dias addressed a gathering in Lisbon’s Martim Moniz Square, asserting that the ADN party, which supports her candidacy, is the “only political force in Portugal against globalists”.
She stated this is “crucial as a grand central bloc is being shaped in parliament, resembling a tricorne hat with a third vertex called Gouveia e Melo. Ultimately, bad news for democracy and freedom.”
Amaral Dias suggested that Henrique Gouveia e Melo “came to protect the protected” and represents the “epitome of the worst of the system, supported by war hawks and the arms industry”.
“He claims to be pro-life, but he is the pro-death candidate,” she accused.
Regarding the candidacies of Luís Marques Mendes and António José Seguro, Joana Amaral Dias opined they would not “stand up” to Gouveia e Melo, as they are “substantiated by the same agenda”.
“The Portuguese have no choice, the country is blocked. Friends, compatriots, all Portuguese, there is no other option. It is my duty to tell you today: yes, Portugal, yes, Portuguese, yes, here I am,” she declared, announcing her intention to build an alternative at a time she considers the country “staggering, stunned, disoriented, downcast, directionless, without present or future.”
“Around us, there are too many politicians and rulers who only aspire to manage the situation. Without an idea, without vision, without direction for Portugal,” she claimed, accusing them of being “well adapted to the war economy, submission to Brussels, globalist gangs, and internal collaborators.”
Joana Amaral Dias stated she is ready to “restore and rescue Portugal”, viewing the presidential elections as a political battle “at stake is nothing less than the homeland.”
“To live or die. To continue or give up. To fight or capitulate. I am thus ready, and fully dedicated, to what will be my and our ultimate battle,” she said, on an improvised stage, where a Portuguese flag fluttered.
Declaring her campaign motto as “bread, peace, and freedom” with “independence and sovereignty” as the “guarantees of these aims”, Joana Amaral Dias indicated her primary focus would be health and intends to initiate “a broad debate on promoting birth rates”.
“There is an urgent need to quickly reverse the demographic winter, this demographic pyramid, the extinction of the Portuguese,” she argued.
Joana Amaral Dias also aims to conduct “an audit of state accounts to allow cuts in superfluous expenses” and, if elected President of the Republic, use her influence to “value the Portuguese identity and language,” which she described as the “civilizational foundation” of Portugal.
The candidate also stressed the importance of enhancing the rail connection between Portugal and the rest of Europe and pledged to “face the three largest lobbies in the world,” identified as the pharmaceutical industry, the “big food industry,” and the “big health industry”.
Concluding her speech, Joana Amaral Dias appealed to “all those not yet committed to the three candidates already presented” to join her candidacy, anticipating that if she reaches the second round, she will win the elections.
