Artist Bordalo II placed a giant medicine box, with the inscription "Freedom. Antifascist Probiotic", on top of the grave of Oliveira Salazar (1889 -1970), in the cemetery of Vimieiro, municipality of Santa Comba Dão, and showed the moment on the social network Instagram.

"There will be those who are against it, there will be those who are in favor, I personally think that there are other ways to celebrate democracy", said Leonel Gouveia to the Lusa agency, regretting that the media "have made this a case of great relevance".

According to the socialist mayor, "they put a box there, took pictures and left, there is no box there, it was a matter of minutes".

"Freedom is fundamental for each of us and for the well-being of all", defended Bordalo II in a post made this morning on Instagram, in which he shows photographs of the artistic installation and a video of the moment when the box was transported to the grave of the former dictator.

The artist left a warning: "We cannot be distracted and take freedom for granted. On the contrary, we have to defend it and exercise it every day. April 25 also serves to remind us of this".

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Bordalo II (@b0rdalo_ii)

On the red and white box, which has a red carnation drawn on it, you can also read that the "antifascist probiotic" is available in 50 capsules of 25 mg, an allusion to the 50 years of April 25, 1974, which will be celebrated on Thursday.

António de Oliveira Salazar, a major figure in the dictatorship of the Estado Novo, was born on April 28, 1889 in Vimieiro (district of Viseu). He died on July 27, 1970, almost two years after a fall that caused a stroke and removed him from the presidency of the Government.

Artur Bordalo (Bordalo II - the first was his grandfather, the plastic artist Real Bordalo), born in Lisbon in 1987, started with 'graffiti', which prepared him for the work for which he became known: sculptures made using garbage and waste.

Political and social intervention has marked his work, addressing issues ranging from environmental issues to sexual abuse in the church.

Read Also: Bordalo II covers Salazar's grave with a box of "antifascist" medicine (Portuguese version)