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Chega’s leader dramatized his speech in response to the socialist and Lisbon mayor Fernando Medina, who on Friday hypothesized that the newly formed party could be outlawed.
“It is an affront never seen in democracy, typical of dictatorships, of a mayor with dictatorial tics, when it is intended to refer to oblivion what, according to polls, is the third or fourth Portuguese political force,” he said in statements to the Lusa Agency .
According to the only deputy of the national-populist party, “if Chega is outlawed, its supporters, militants and leaders will not magically disappear and will continue to fight in secret, against a system that has forgotten what democracy was.”
“The system must know this: we will not stop fighting even if they use the lowest weapons against us. To illegalize Chega is to send thousands of people to the underground struggle… And we are willing to do that! ”, He promised.
Ventura stressed that “they want to outlaw Chega to earn in the secretariat what they do not get at the polls.”
Fernando Medina: “I admit that the question of the illegalization of Chega will arise”
Fernando Medina, in an interview with The Observer, accused the PSD of contributing to the normalization of Chega, referring to the viability agreement of the Regional Government of the Azores and stated: “I admit that the issue of outlawing Chega will be raised.”
For the mayor of Lisbon, the far-right parliamentary party should be considered illegal because it is “xenophobic, racist and intolerant”.
“Not pass. At Chega, we will fight to the end. Until they realize that we come forever and are willing to sacrifice our lives for Portugal. Illegal enough? They will have 30 years of clandestine and very hard struggle! “Ventura guaranteed.
The Chega presidential candidate also regretted that his Belém Palace competitor Ana Gomes, a diplomat and former Socialist MEP, also defended the outlawing of her party.
The former Portuguese ambassador in Jakarta considered the fine imposed on “a deputy” who was “once again taken absolutely contrary to democracy”, in reference to the fine that Ventura was notified this week by the Commission for Equality and Against Racial Discrimination (CICDR), due to a message on a social network about the gypsy community.
In the opinion of Ana Gomes, those responsible for the democratic institution “cannot compromise with complacent strategies in relation to racist and xenophobic forces that are prohibited by the Constitution” and pointed the finger at the Public Ministry and the Constitutional Court.
