Controversy continues to rage over the decision by Members of Parliament to commemorate ‘Dia 25 de Abril’ (Portugal’s Liberty Day) at a time when the population in general is being told to stay at home.
Leader of the House Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues is adamant that celebration, which commemorate the 1974 bloodless coup that toppled a military dictatorship - go ahead, albeit in a reduced form and according to advice from DGS health chiefs, on the basis that this will be a way of “saying no anti-democratic alternative will emerge from this crisis."
Prime Minister António Costa has sought to keep out of the arguments by saying, "this isn’t the time for division."
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