A photograph taken during the Festival of Flavors of Perdição, in Castelo Branco, became the subject of analysis in the newspaper ORegiões. The image shows Silvério Regalado, Secretary of State for Local Administration and Territorial Planning, apparently focused on a conversation with a blonde woman who may be Maria de Lurdes Pombo, known as Milú Pombo, linked to the APPACDM of Castelo Branco.
The article draws attention to the body language captured in the photograph. While Regalado's hand greets one person, his eyes appear to be directed at another participant, in a kind of hierarchy of attention. José Henriques, councilor for the Liberal Initiative, also appears in the image receiving a handshake, but appearing to be merely an extra in the photographed moment. Leopoldo Rodrigues, President of the Municipal Council of Castelo Branco, observes the scene in the background.
The editorial comment interprets the photograph as a symbolic representation of politics, where one greets with the hand but looks at who matters. The author acknowledges that a photograph is merely a frozen instant and that it is impossible to know what happened before or after, but argues that the image reveals a truth about how priorities work in political relationships.
The article concludes that Milú Pombo, if indeed she is the one in the photograph, represents an institution and a cause with real weight in the community, having gained influence without holding a political position. The author criticizes that education and civility among public representatives should not depend on the partisan color or political usefulness of whoever stands before them.
