The President of the Republic considered the position of the PCP regarding the decoration of the Ukrainian counterpart “coherent”. Marcelo justifies it with a “known” position that the communists have about the war in Ukraine.
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The head of state, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, considered this Friday that the position of the PCP on the decoration of the Ukrainian president with the Order of Freedom “coincides” with what the party has defended since the beginning of the war.
I think the PCP did what was expected,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.
Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of a mural in his honor by Trás-os-Montes artist Trip Dtos in the village of Podence, the head of state said he was already waiting for the party’s note , after its secretary general, Paulo Raimundo, “in a very courteous manner”, warned him of its disclosure.
The Portuguese Communist Party has a well-known and coherent position on Ukraine when it defends a different position on Ukraine than other political sectors. I would not say that the PCP did not do anything that was not consistent with its position from the very beginning in relation to Ukraine, ”he added.
On Wednesday, in a note published on the website of the Presidency, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced the decoration of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, and admitted that he anticipated the announcement as a result of a “parliamentary initiative on this matter.”
President of the Republic delivers Order of Freedom to Volodymyr Zelensky
The President of the Republic intended to announce on the 24th of this month, the date on which one year has passed since Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the decoration of President Zelensky. Taking into account the parliamentary initiative on this matter, he announces that he has decided to award the Grand Collar of the Order of Freedom to the President of Ukraine ”, the note can be read.
On Thursday, in a note sent to the newsrooms, the PCP considered that the decision of the Portuguese president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to award his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, with the Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty, “constitutes a an affront to the democrats and a decision contrary to the construction of a path of peace”.
PCP criticizes Zelensky’s award. The president of Ukraine “personifies xenophobic, warmongering and anti-democratic power”
The communists criticize this decoration “on the eve of the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the Liberating Revolution April”, accusing the Ukrainian president of personifying “a xenophobic, bellicose and anti-democratic power, surrounded and supported by fascist and Nazi forces”.
The decoration, for the PCP, “can only be received with indignation by all those who know the value of the struggle for freedom that the Portuguese people waged for decades against the fascist regime.”
Source: Observadora
