CDS-PP responds to Marcelo: “We don’t want historical controversies or reparation duties that seem imported from other contexts” – Current Affairs

Speaking at the solemn session marking the 50th anniversary of April 25, 1974, at the Assembly of the Republic, Paulo Núncio stated that the CDS-PP does not feel “the need to revisit colonial legacies”.

“We do not want historical controversies or reparation duties that seem imported from other contexts outside the Portuguese-speaking world”, he indicated.

“History is History, and our duty is the future, built and founded between sovereign states mirrored by the four continents without discrimination or prejudice between the northern and southern hemispheres, from the West to the East”, he defended.

On Tuesday, the President of the Republic recognized Portugal’s responsibilities for crimes committed during the colonial era and suggested paying reparations for past mistakes.

In his speech, the centrist parliamentary leader welcomed the creation by the PSD/CDS-PP Government of a commission to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 25th of November.

“In 2024 we celebrate 50 years of April 25th. In 2025 we will finally celebrate, and not forget, the 50th anniversary of the 25th of November, remembering Fonte Luminosa, in Lisbon, and the democratic uprising that defeated extremism”, he pointed out.

Paulo Núncio considered that this was a “fundamental date for full freedom and democracy”, significant in the country’s history, and argued that the celebrations must be “fair, plural and national in scope, carried out with militants and civilians, from the institutions the schools”.

“Celebrating the 25th of April without forgetting the 25th of November is a matter of historical memory and a sense of gratitude. If the Estado Novo fell with the 25th of April, the 25th of November brought full democracy and freedom”, he highlighted.

The CDS-PP deputy also stated that “Portugal did not change its regime to become an insolvent state”, nor to “be one of the comparatively poorest countries in Europe”.

Paulo Núncio also considered that “Portugal did not change its regime to have the highest youth emigration rate in Europe and one of the highest in the world” nor to “promote assisted suicide and euthanasia”.