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Portugal's Move Toward Stability |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Desmond McForan |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1987 |
| Size: 2,712 Words, 16,877 Characters |
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On July 19, Portugal opted as a nation for political stability in an unprecedented show of support for the right of center Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its charismatic leader, Anibal Cavaco Silva. By winning 50.15 percent of the popular vote, the SDP won 146 of 250 parliamentary seats, becoming the first democratically elected government to win an absolute majority in Portugal's history.
For the first time, having experienced 16 successive governments and 17 elections in the past 13 years, the Portuguese decided to renounce "revolving-door" government and dispense with coalition haggling by backing their best hope for stability and reform.
The election results reflected a considerable and unexpected voter shift away from the left and toward the right, in line with recent el...
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... the economy can be exploited. At the same time, it has provoked a political change of considerable dimension, whereby the SDP and the Socialist Party may be moving toward a two-party system of government by squeezing out the smaller and more fractious parties. This in itself heralds a real prospect of political stability, which would result in Portugal's security and prosperity long after 1991.
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