The principal aims of the MFA were the immediate completion of the Portuguese Colonial War, retreat from Portuguese Africa, establish free elections and the abolition of the secret police, the PIDE/DGS.
Ziele der MFA waren die sofortige Beendigung des Kolonialkriegs, den Rückzug aus Afrika, freie Wahlen in Portugal und die Abschaffung der Geheimpolizei PIDE/DGS.