 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Munguva yesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya1980, Gomes akakokwa kuti ajoine National Commission yekutsigira kusarudzwazve kweMutungamiri Eanes CNARPE; Comissão Nacional de Apoio à Reeleição do Presidente Eanes semutemo. Muna 1982, akasarudzwa kutsiva José Filipe Moraes Cabral semubatsiri wezvematongerwo enyika kuMutungamiri António Ramalho Eanes, uye aive pachinzvimbo kusvika pakupera kwetemu yake muna 1986, uyezve, akaita semuturikiri wemutungamiri wenyika paakasangana nevakuru vekunze. Pakati pezvinyorwa zvaakasangana nazvo panguva iyoyo paive nebasa risina kupera rekubviswa kwekoloni yeEast Timor yaimbova chiPutukezi, yakasiyiwa mushure meCarnation Revolution, uye yakazopindirwa neIndonesia, iyo yaakashanda nayo nemupi wezano chaiye weMutungamiri weEast Timor, aimbova Mutungamiriri weHurumende Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo. 