Pedro Duarte confirms candidacy for the Porto Chamber

The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs confirmed, this Wednesday morning, that he will be candidate for Porto City Hall in the local elections, which will be held in September or October.

The confirmation of the candidacy, long speculated, was made in an opinion article published this Wednesday in the Newspaper.

“Today I announce my candidacy for the presidency of the Porto City Council. I make it with a sense of mission, enthusiasm and the unpublished happiness of those who share an old dream: the dream of surrender to the construction of an even more human, dynamic and prosperous port, where everyone can live quietly and with dignity,” wrote Pedro Duarte.

The still ruler also said, on the sidelines of the Council of Ministers, which runs this Wednesday in the Bolhão Market, that his candidacy was a “weighted decision, with a lot of rationality and that has a side of great affectivity”, stressing that “it has a lot to do with the affective connection” that has with Porto.

It is recalled that Pedro Duarte on March 21, after the dissolution of the parliament, that there would be no candidating any political office other than the presidency of the Porto Chamber.

Municipal elections shall take place between September 22 and October 14, 2025.