Quando um Presidente da República vive no limite do semipresidencialismo: retratos que a imprensa diária esboçou na primeira metade do mandato de Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa (original) (raw)

2019

Abstract

The 20th President of the Portuguese Republic inaugurated, in March 2016, a distinctive mandate, considering his political interpretation of the president’s Constitutional powers. In a daily basis, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa speaks, mostly, of what he considers more strategic in the national agenda setting, extending permanently his action to the Government areas of influence. This is legitimized by two forces that this President does not neglect: the popularity that he gathers together with the Portuguese people and the media attention he causes in journalists. This is where his strength lies to test some of the presidential powers set by the Constitution. In this contribution, we will identify how the President developed his powers, considering the Portuguese daily press news published about himself, during the first two years of his term (9 March 2016 to 9 March 2018). Based on an universe of 1.537 news articles published during this period, in Diario de Noticias, Jornal de Noticias, Publico and Correio da Manha , we identify the presidential powers that have been highlighted in the press, and we undertake a deep analysis around three political situations that played a role in the way the President avenged his position next to the Government: the President’s political influence on the course of the Portuguese public bank ( Caixa Geral de Depositos ); the coordination of the operations on the swipe of military equipment in Tancos; and the President’s support to the fire victims which affected the Centre region of Portugal, in 2017. The expected results are to examine the proximity between voters and elected politicians, promoted by the presidential figure, and amplified by the press. In other words, the aim is to identify the molds and the role of the press as an essential engine towards the presidential political message and personal projection, in terms of the use of the public media space.

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