“We are all people, we are all equal, [queremos] seek a better life. That is why many Portuguese left Portugal,” said the coordinator of the Left Bloc, Mariana Mortágua.
The leader of the Left Bloc, Mariana Mortágua, and her parliamentary leader joined the immigrant demonstration in Parliament this Friday to demand equal rights for all, under penalty of Portuguese society being governed solely by hate.
“If we as a society admit that for a part of the population the rights are not valid,” then “We surrender as a society and accept that hatred, indifference and discrimination are what define us”Mariana Mortágua told journalists, along with hundreds of immigrants asking for the return of the expressions of interest.
“The only way to have uncontrolled immigrationwhich is actually the government’s speech imitating the extreme right, “It is not to provide these people who arrive in Portugal with conditions, documents or access to public services,” stated the leader of the bloc.
and the Public services “must have the capacity” to manage the demand for immigrants.
“If Portugal has an economy that depends on these immigrants, if it calls them to work, if it asks them for social security contributions, it must have the capacity to respond to their needs to be citizens with documents to be able to access public services. “, and ensure that there is a school, a health center or a notary office “for everyone,” he stated.
“We have to make a decision, which is not just about our economy or the contributions that immigrants make to social security, This election is about what kind of society we want to be: whether we want to be a country torn apart by hate.torn by the discourse of violence, envy or discrimination or whether it is a society united by respect for each person,” he added.
“We are all people, we are all equal, [queremos] seek a better life. That is why many Portuguese left Portugal.”added the leader who spoke with several immigrants.
The parliamentary leader even joined in and took the megaphone shouting slogans such as “rights for all.”
And Mariana Mortágua has no doubts about the impact of this law on border closures: “We will have immigration, all countries have immigration, regardless of immigration laws”
The new immigration law represented a “genderization of the entire government line regarding the extreme right,” said Mariana Mortágua, recalling that the diploma that put an end to the expressions of interest “was well received by André Ventura.”
“The PSD has the votes of the Socialist Party and Chega’s speech,” with a management that “turned the country to the right.”
Source: Observadora
