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chief Etna' presidentialortugal picked up steam last week wbea hetrong performanceetcvlscd debate amoag (be fourWill In the field.
Eanes. ai (he front-runner, was the center of the debate, jnd heand articulatethan the Whet candtdaiea eapected. Prime Miniittv Artvedo, whose poorly financed cempalg, ha* barely gotten off the ground, will puffer the moat fromerformance. Aievado was counting on the contrast between the two penonalltlea
to put him on top.
Eauea still cannot be aera thai haa majority In Ihe flrit round onA poll lakenby i
respected weekly newipaper ihoweda* favored byercent of the respondents, but nearlyercent were undecided or declined lo answer, Although Awvedo and far left candidate Otelo dc Cernlho trailed far behind the front-runner, the poll ihowed they both were mil slightly better known than Land
Some ofora conservative mp-portera are concerned that hU political views are being dictated by the Soclaiista-The centrist Popularwill tacitlyocialist minority governmentg ae they are given the opportunity to ncrciae aoma influence onalarmed by tana' recent assertioninority government ceases toinority when backedopularly elected preaident.
The Popular Democrats and the center-right Social Democratic Center still prefer bancs because of his reputationtrong leader. Neither party is likely to withdraw iu endorsement ofEanes.
The popularity of former security chief Otelo de Carvalho ts the moat surprising development in the campaign to date.ecent poll. Carvalho had more support among those who voted for Ihein the April legislative election than did Oclavio Pate, the Communist
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