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...radical general who appeared to be leading Portugal toward Communist dictatorship, his successor had tried to weld Portugal's disparate political factions into a functioning government. While the Armed Forces Movement pressed for inclusion of all major parties in the new Cabinet, Premier-designate José Pinheiro de Azevedo faced conflicting demands from those very parties. Not unreasonably, the Socialists and Popular Democrats wanted their Cabinet strength to reflect the 38% and 26% of the popular vote they took, respectively, in last April's elections. But the Communists, who received only 12.5% of the vote, demanded at least...
Last week the Communists abruptly gave up that demand, evidently because they did not want to be blamed for prolonging the political deadlock that has paralyzed government administration in Portugal since July. That cleared the way for Pinheiro de Azevedo to be sworn in along with a new, strikingly moderate Cabinet-the sixth provisional government since the revolution began 17 months ago. Military men were awarded four Cabinet posts, civilian independents three. The remainder were apportioned according to the April election results: four to Socialists, two to Popular Democrats, one to a Communist. The critical Foreign Ministry went to Major...
Pinheiro de Azevedo, the new Premier and recent navy chief of staff, has been a leader in the Revolutionary Council since its inception. No stranger to political intrigue, the Angola-born admiral has had a role in a number of military conspiracies against the Salazar regime and its successor. In the April 1974 revolution, he commanded the radical navy fusiliers, who seized control of the secret police headquarters in Lisbon. More recently, as an emissary to NATO, he has been talking like a moderate, arguing that Portugal must remain within the European defense force...
With Gonçalves out of the way, Premier-designate Admiral José Batista Pinheiro de Azevedo−a leftist who seems acceptable to the military's moderate and radical factions−may now be able to assemble his Cabinet. He had been stalled because the Socialists and Popular Democrats, who together polled 64% of the vote in April's election, refused to participate in any government so long as Gonçalves retained any significant power. Although the Communists will suffer greatly from Gonçalves' demise, they have tried to limit the damage by distancing...
...long awaited switch was a settlement, it seemed unlikely to prove a solution to the political crisis that has plagued the country for the past two months. For one thing, Pinheiro de Azevedo's politics are somewhat suspect to the moderates; some of his closest aides are staunch Communists. For another, Gonçalves was out but not down. As Chief of Staff, he would still wield considerable power. The switch did not placate the nine moderate military officers, headed by former Foreign Minister Major Ernesto Melo Antunes, who had campaigned for Gonçalves' ouster...