Portugal's president to address nation, seen naming new PM


Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho leaves a meeting with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva (not pictured) at Belem Presidential Palace in Lisbon, October 6, 2015. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's president will address the nation on Thursday evening, when he is expected to name caretaker prime minister Pedro Passos Coelho to form a new government.

Passos Coelho's centre-right coalition won the most votes in an Oct. 4 general election but fell short of a majority in parliament. The opposition Socialists have pushed for an alternative government together with two far left parties.

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