Less than six hours after the crime [a PJ haveria de dizer passadas 24 horas que se estava “perante um crime de natureza comum, de delito comum (…) um surto psicótico do agressor”] and André Ventura already demanded from the Interior Minister “all statements (…) to know whether or not the war between Sunni and Shia is imported into Portugal (…) the imperative need for strict monitoring of citizens from some failed states, or states where violence (.. . ) that this policy of open doors, of no control has led to this result”.
And the result was the “isolated act” [a morte de duas mulheres e um ferido no Centro Ismaili, em Lisboa] that, in the repeated words of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, “being an isolated case it is not worth generalizing as it is unfair and hastyand that Luís Neves, director of the PJ, would underline by saying there was no “single indication, no sign”, and multiple, even international, steps that it was before the “religious radicalization of a person”.
in general crime more than half of the crimes are against property (50.7%) and 25% against people. Of the 16 crimes representing nearly 70% of reported crimes, none are related to the “open door policy” – domestic violence (more than 26,000 cases), driving a vehicle with an alcohol content of more than 1.2 g (more than 22,000 cases) and violation of simple voluntary physical integrity (more than 21,000) are the most notable crimes.
The 2022 Annual Homeland Security Report (RASI), which identifies a 14.4% increase in serious and violent crime, states robberies on public roads as the most common (+21.1%), followed by extortion (+49.9% of cases) and rape with an increase of 30.7%.
Accomplished voluntary manslaughter, which fits, according to the information already known, what happened last year at the Ismaili Center in Lisbon represented 97 cases – in 2021 there will be 85.
That is, says a homeland security source,”it has nothing to do with immigration and terrorism. It’s just hate speech [expressão já usada pela ministra Adjunta e dos Assuntos Parlamentares] without any connection to reality. It’s fake”.
Chega, for his part, believes that “a series of episodes in recent months of scenarios and cases showing that the excessive flexibility of entry has led to very serious problems at consulates, serious security problems and serious immigration problems” attributing “responsibilities” to the President of the Republic and the government that sponsored these receptions [de imigrantes] during the last years”.
“The subject of the debate is not surprising, because Chega does what is written in the authoritarian booklet: use the instincts of fear and the figure of the foreigner to dominate the conversations and one day rise to power and never let go. “, says Rui Tavares, historian and Livre deputy.
“The main problem,” he emphasizes, is that “It’s far from enough, but someone wants to lend him a hand. It has taken a long time and desperation to see the PSD leave in the name of defending democracy with a program of total rejection of Chega. Unfortunately this has not happened yet, with each new humiliation of Chega the silence and ambiguity of the PSD also become more humiliation”.
In this particular case, that of the Ismaili Center in Lisbon, the leader of the PSD asked for a “thorough investigation of all the contours of this situation so that we can reassure the Portuguese people regarding our security and to rule out possible scenarios of more violent crime that may have any connection with a terrorist activity or network”.
Source: DN
