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“We propose that [a] Every woman who undergoes abortions in the Public Health Service, for reasons that are not of immediate danger to her health, whose baby does not present malformations or has been a victim of rape, must be removed from the ovaries, as a way to remove the duty of the State. repeatedly kill unborn Portuguese, who have no one to defend them in the current situation. “Is it true that the Chega militants, meeting in Évora, last weekend, were asked to vote on a proposal in these terms? If it is true. And is it true that the proposal was not successful? Yes, it was rejected by a large majority of militants gathered at the Second Party Convention: in a universe of 254 delegates, 216 voted against38 voted in favor.
The document “Global Strategic Movement for Portugal” was submitted to the vote of the Chega delegates by Rui Roque, former member of the National Renovator Party (2007-2014) and of the Alliance (2019), current member of André Ventura’s party, and It was one of the first motions voted on the night of Saturday 19, minutes before the president of the Convention Bureau, Luís Graça, interrupted work for a dinner break.
In one of the many publications Posted on social media in the last hours, a Twitter user wrote: “This proposal to remove the ovaries of women who have abortions was a motion made and rejected by the party.” It is true. In this vote, in the middle of Saturday night, the Chega delegates rejected Rui Roque’s proposal by expressive majority of votes (the 216 votes against represent approximately 85% of the people who participated in the vote on the document) .
It is, therefore, a proposal subject to the appreciation of the Chega militants – which was rejected – and not a position assumed by the party leadership or by the Chega delegates during the Second Convention. But the issue began to generate controversy hours after the proposal was presented at the party’s main meeting, and several social media users shared a lot of misinformation about it.
One of the publications that the Observer analyzed, and which was already shared this Monday morning, said flatly that the Chega delegates had “approved” a proposal to remove the ovaries of all women who had abortions. On the one hand, as we have seen, the proposal has not been approved. On the other hand, the complete proposal was the following: “Every woman who has an abortion in the Public Health Service, for reasons that are not of immediate danger to her health, whose baby does not present malformations or has been a victim of rape, it must be the ovaries removed, as a way to remove from the State the duty to repeatedly kill the unborn Portuguese, who have no one to defend them in the current situation.
In another post, a user writes that “Chega takes the position of removing the ovaries of the woman who aborts for X reasons.” But that statement is not correct. The fact that a militant presented a motion that was then put to the vote of the delegates at the party convention cannot be construed as an official party position when that motion was ultimately unsuccessful. That is true for Chega and any other political force. The post links only your subscribers to the ideas that are featured there. If, after being voted on, a motion is rejected, it means that the broader decision-making body of the party (the Convention, in this case) does not see itself in that proposal. Therefore, it is not an official position.
We have to be serious, it is not worth everything to attack CHEGA. The motion to ‘remove the ovaries’ in abortion cases was tabled by a delegate and Congress failed. Lead! Disowned! Stop stupidly attacking us: the Portuguese are no longer fooled!
– André Ventura (@AndreCVentura) September 21, 2020
In the midst of all the controversy generated by the “Global Strategic Movement for Portugal”, the president of Chega came, also this Monday, to ask for “seriousness” on this issue. “The motion to ‘remove the ovaries’ in abortion cases was presented by a delegate and Congress failed. Lead! Disowned! ”André Ventura wrote in that social network. It’s also true.
CONCLUSION
It is not true that Chega militants approved a proposal that advocates removing the ovaries of a woman who goes to the public health service to carry out a voluntary interruption of pregnancy. Nor is it true that Chega’s leadership defended this position. It is true that the proposal was put to a vote at the Second Convention and that the delegates endorsed it. The result was a rejection of that proposal.
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NOTE: This article was produced as part of a fact-checking partnership between the Observer and TVI
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