The head of the Democratic Alliance (AD) list for the European elections, Sebastian Bugalho, has become a short-video phenomenon in recent months as a television commentator.
Three of the six political videos with more than a million views were published on the company’s Instagram account. SIC news led by right-wing conservatives, the newspaper reports. To express. Another six videos received more than half a million views, well above the average for content on the channel and other media.
On the short video platform TikTok, the phenomenon is repeated and only the information director of the Impresa group, Ricardo Costa, is able to compete with Sebastian Bugallo.
The chairman of the PSD, Luis Montenegro, justified his choice by the fame of the former journalist. “A talented young man, a young man whom the country knows, in some places even controversial, who insults, undermines, encourages confrontation with democratic respect,” he said on April 22 about the head of the AD list.
Sebastian Bugallo’s confrontational style of political commentary endeared him to audiences closer to Chege. Short videos were posted on accounts associated with nationalist and far-right tendencies, especially on YouTube, with some making explicit references to support for the party led by Andre Ventura.
The former journalist’s fame is not tangible in absolute terms, but the 2023 MediaLab ISCTE report placed him among the commentators most easily associated by the public with the party (CDS-PP) and the trend (right), the magazine reports Saturday.
The political career of the head of the AD list is limited to running for an ineligible seat on the Lisbon centrist list for the 2019 legislative elections. Asked to replace MP Ana Rita Bessa in parliament in 2021, he declined the party’s invitation. CDS-PP for “political and professional reasons”.
In his first appearance as head of the AD list in the European elections, he responded to criticism of his 28-year tenure. “The Prime Minister of France is 34 years old. I’m just a candidate for the European Parliament,” he joked on Sunday.
In television studios or in the print press, he focused his comments on political tactics and rarely expressed his thoughts on public policy or the future of Europe, according to the magazine’s survey. Saturday.
But when presenting his candidacy for the European elections, the young right-wing conservative listed the priorities of the AD program. “We must become a continent of defense, innovation and productivity,” he said.
In Portugal, elections to the European Parliament will be held on June 9.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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