The president of the republic was confronted in Canada on Thursday by a Portuguese emigrant supporter of Chega, who criticized him for keeping the current government in office, to which he replied that “the Portuguese decide what they want”.
The young émigré, Dany Reis Marcelino, who identified himself as a supporter of the Chega party, approached Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa during his visit to the Missão de Santa Cruz Institute in Montreal, filming the head of state with his cell phone.
“When are you going to overthrow the government?”asked Dany Marcelino, adding: ‘Why are you afraid that Chega will go to the government? Is that why you don’t do anything?’
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa replied that “the Portuguese decide what they want for the government and therefore, if they decide A, it is A, if it is B, it is B”.
“But you have the power to overthrow the government, you will be known by the president of the republic that lasted the entire PS”the young man replied.
The President of the Republic subsequently recalled this “The Portuguese voted for this government a year ago” led by António Costa, in the early parliamentary elections of January 30, 2022, which the PS won with an absolute majority.
“When there are elections, different ones, for local authorities, for European ones, and so on, for Madeira, for the Azores, will say whether they want it or not”concluded Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Dany Marcelino, who continuously filmed the head of state with his mobile phone and had another camera next to his body, declared at the end of this conversation: “I already have what I wanted”.
The young man wore a cap with the Portuguese flag and the English phrase ‘Make Portugal Great Again’, an adaptation of the slogan of the previous President of the United States of America, Donald Trump. .
When Dany Marcelino was interrogated by the Lusa agency, he identified himself as a supporter of Chega, but not as a militant. He stated that he was “tired of seeing the same thing” in Portuguese politics and argued that it is necessary to “let go of political correctness”. a little”.
The president of the republic arrived in Montreal on Wednesday for a five-day visit to Canada, a country home to almost 450,000 people of Portuguese descent, according to the 2021 census.
His delegation consists of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Gomes Cravinho, and deputies João Azevedo e Castro, from the PS, Francisco Pimentel, from the PSD, Diogo Pacheco de Amorim, from Chega, Rodrigo Saraiva, parliamentary leader of the Liberal Initiative, Bruno Dias, from PCP, and José Soeiro, from Bloco de Esquerda.
Source: DN
