“If this is true, it means that we are facing a very significant security risk and we are facing the possibility, or the attempt, of entering Portugal through World Youth Day, not only radicalized groups, but also people who may not have good have intentions.” Andre Ventura said.
The president of Chega spoke on the sidelines of a visit to the Casa de Saúde de São João de Deus, in Funchal, a reference institution in the field of psychiatry, mental health, drug addiction treatment and psychosocial rehabilitation in the Autonomous Region of Madeira .
André Ventura said that the party has information, “unconfirmed, but from reliable and reliable sources”, that thousands of people from the Middle East, especially from Pakistan, have been enrolled in the WYD, and now intends to get clarification of the Ministry of Internal Administration, the Public Security Police, the Judicial Police and the Immigration and Border Service.
“Of course we don’t want, nor is it our goal, to create any disturbing factor or fear. [queremos] it’s just a matter of knowing whether this is true and whether this is confirmed, that there are tens of thousands of people trying to register from these parts of the world, especially conflict zones and areas with a great predominance of the radicalization phenomenon “, he said.
World Youth Day, the largest event of the Catholic Church, will take place for the first time in Portugal, from August 1 to 6, in Lisbon, where about 1.5 million people are expected.
In the same statements, Chega’s leader said he wanted to know what is being done in terms of “treatment, monitoring and prevention” and whether the Portuguese authorities are doing “everything possible” to ensure “no unpleasant surprises”.
André Ventura recalled that there had previously been “preliminary information and reports” indicating that there could be moves that could jeopardize the security of WYD, but reiterated that his party “does not intend to raise any social alarm or any create a feeling of insecurity”.
Chega’s aim, he says, is to listen to authorities to understand whether the phenomenon is being treated with “due caution”, as World Youth Day could be “a gateway for criminal phenomena” related to terrorism, human trafficking and organized crime. international crime.
Source: DN
