In a note sent to the editors, the PCP believed that the Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa’s decision to adorn his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, with the Great Collar of the Order of Liberty, was “a an insult to Democrats.” and a decision contrary to building a path of peace”.
The communists criticize this award “on the eve of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the April liberating revolution”, accusing the Ukrainian president of being the personification of “a xenophobic, warmongering and anti-democratic force, surrounded and supported by forces of a fascist and Nazi government”. nature”.
The award, for the PCP, “can only be received with indignation by all those who know the value of the struggle for freedom waged by the Portuguese people against the fascist regime for decades”.
On Wednesday, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced the award from the President of Ukraine in a note posted on the presidency’s website, admitting that he expected the announcement following a “parliamentary initiative on the matter”.
“The President of the Republic planned to announce the award of President Zelensky on the 24th of this month, the date of completion of a year of Russian aggression against Ukraine. Taking into account the parliamentary initiative in this matter, that he has decided to award the President of Ukraine the Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty,” the note read.
According to the day’s Público edition, the PAN intended to mark the first year of the war with a proposal to award Zelensky, prompting the Portuguese head of state to anticipate the announcement.
Source: DN
