“Following the words of the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, reinforcing the idea of reparation due to the Portuguese colonial past, Chega will convene, next Thursday, May 2nd, in the Assembly of the Republic, a debate of urgency with the aim of understanding whether the government has considered taking any steps towards granting compensation to the former Portuguese colonies”, the party said in a statement.
Chega indicates that the objective of the debate is “to discuss, analyze and point out what is one of the greatest betrayals of the country”.
The Chega Parliamentary Group also urges the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, to be present at the debate.
The Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Republic stipulate that in urgent debates the Government “is necessarily represented by one of its members”.
Last week, the President of the Republic recognized Portugal’s responsibility for crimes committed during the colonial era, suggesting the payment of reparations for past mistakes.
“We have to pay the costs. Are there actions that were not punished and those responsible were not arrested? Are there goods that were looted and were not returned? Let’s see how we can repair this”, said Marcelo at a dinner with foreign correspondents in Portugal, quoted by Reuters agency.
Chega accused the head of state of betraying the Portuguese and asked Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to retract his statements.
The party led by André Ventura also presented a vote in the Assembly of the Republic for the deputies to express “their deepest and most severe condemnation of Mr. President of the Republic, and of the words he spoke, for reinforcing the idea of reparation and stating that Portugal must pay compensation for its historical past in former colonies”.
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