The Liberal Initiative proposed this Monday a solidarity vote of the Portuguese parliament.to the freedom marchers, for democracy and the rule of law in the People’s Republic of China”.
“Portugal’s constitutional and international commitment to the defense of human rights and freedoms requires a position of solidarity on the part of the Assembly of the Republic, which now has the opportunity to reiterate its commitment to democracy and the rule of law”, says the vote. project that the party delivered to parliament and to which the Lusa agency had access.
In the text, the liberals refer to “the wave of solidarity and demonstrations for freedom and against the current covid-zero policy” in China.
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Due to this policy, according to the same project, local authorities “end up implementing highly repressive quarantines, closing buildings, either homes or workplaceswelding or closing doors and forcing people to live in subhuman conditions for weeks, if not months, as was already the case in the city of Urumqi.”
“Popular discontent exceeded the response to the covid-zero policy, reaching cries of protest for the institution of freedom of expression, defending freedom and the rule of law in China, some displaying white sheets in protest of the repression and censorship imposed by the Chinese Communist Party, which still exists and intensified with the protests”, he reports.
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The country’s regime, according to liberals, “has been responsible for some of today’s biggest mass atrocities, specifically in Xinjiang province – where many of the current protests are springing up – and has shown a systematic disrespect for the rights, freedoms and guarantees not only citizens of Tibet, Xinjiang or Hong Kong, where freedom prevailed until the approval of the Extradition Law in 2019.”
Therefore, IL wants the Portuguese parliament to demonstrate “its solidarity with the protesters for freedom, democracy and the rule of law in the PRC.”
Source: Observadora
