Salazar Rules!

I know that I am a little (maybe 40 years) late on this one, but I couldn't pass up the choice of António Oliveira Salazar as the greatest Portuguese of all times.

There were, of course many factors in his favour:

• The average age of the TV viewer who is likely to watch such programs is unrepresentatively high.
• The inevitable, and clearly justified, protest vote against the modern generation of politicians and specifically against the current government's policies, which are particularly hard for that age group.
• The polarisation of the second round, with many voters surely voting against the unbearable Odete Santos.

I never lived under Salazar, but from an academic (financial) viewpoint have heard much praise of the financial and administrative structures that he created from the 1930's onwards. As with many who wield absolute power, his regime turned to dictatorship after doing much good.

In honour of this public recognition, that places Salazar on the international stage alongside Churchill, de Gaulle and Washington, I propose that they replace the iconic letters on his greatest landmark - Ponte Salazar! That would surely make the taxi drivers happier.