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PR's Speech "revisited the past, skirted the present and ignored the future"

The parliamentary leader of the Liberal Initiative considered today that the speech of the President of the Republic in the solemn session of April 25 was characterized by revisiting the past to circumvent the present and ignore the future.

PR's Speech "revisited the past, skirted the present and ignored the future"
Notícias ao Minuto

15:45 - 25/04/24 por Lusa

Política 25 de Abril

This position on the content of the speech given by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa was defended by Mariana Leitão in statements to journalists in parliament, in which she also criticized recent statements by the Head of State on the colonial period of Portuguese History.

"The speech by the President of the Republic revisited the past, skirted around the present and ignored the future. We believe that revisiting and celebrating the past is important, but so is ensuring that there is continuity in relation to the future and that there are commitments in relation to the future", she said.

In the view of the leader of the Liberal Initiative parliamentary group, the speech by the Head of State lacked "the part on what needs to be done for the future, because Portugal continues to be a country with weaknesses".

"We need a commitment from political agents to this future", she added.

Mariana Leitão was then questioned about Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa's position on Portugal's colonial period and on possible reparations to be made to the former colonies.

"The position of the President of the Republic went beyond this and ended up feeding sectarianisms that make no sense. History is not just a current account between different countries. We do not identify with some of the considerations that were made by the President of the Republic", stressed the parliamentary leader of the Liberal Initiative.

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