The candidate of the extreme right in Portugal, aimed at bed problems. He misses the latest election meetings before Sunday's choices
Gastrointestinal problems prevented the leader of the extreme right André Ventura to participate in the latest electoral events and make a last call to voters before the national elections on Sunday in Portugal.
André Ventura accuses photo gastrointestinal problems: X
During the past week, the leader of the Chega ultra -nationalist party suddenly abandoned the campaign rallies on two occasions due to acute stomach pains.
The politician, whose anti-immigrants group is currently the third largest in the Portuguese Parliament, was transported to a Faro hospital after collapsed on Tuesday during an event in the South Tavira city, according to Politico.
Hospitalization, a reason for electoral dispute Pedro Pinto, a deputy of the Chega party, said that a group of anti-ventura agitators tried to take the hospital, who was forced to adopt extraordinary security measures to protect the far-right leader.
However, the hospital administrators denied the statements and stated that no incident took place.
Doctors have established that Ventura has undergone an esophageal spasm, a condition that leaves patients affected with severe stomach pain and is caused by nerve abnormalities that control the muscles used for swallowing.
The leader of the extreme right was discharged in a few hours, but on Thursday he was taken to a hospital in Setúbal, after collapsing at a meeting in Odemira.
After being released again after a few hours, Ventura told Portuguese press that the doctors advised him to “It stops for a while.”
A spokesman of Chega later announced that the politician will not participate in the last rallies of the party before the Sunday vote. In a video post on X recorded from his bed, Ventura urged supporters on Friday to continue to fight. “Friends. I'm already at home … but we can't stop“He said. “The country needs change and this is, for the first time, in our hands. … Fight until the last minute of this campaign!”
About 10.8 million Portuguese voters are called to the ballot boxes in the early elections this weekend, which take place just one year after the last elections.
