Lisbon : Portuguese voters headed to the polls Sunday to choose their president.
Although the post is largely ceremonial, the president has make-or-break power over the nation’s fragile ruling alliance and the power to dissolve parliament in the event of a crisis.
Since inconclusive elections in October, Portugal’s minority Socialist government has been relying on a delicate coalition with the extreme-left to run the country of 10.4 million people.
The overwhelming favourite for the next head of state is a TV pundit, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Known as “professor Marcelo” to his fans, he comes into the race with a popularity that has been built thanks to decades in the public eye.
@Agency report.
