The court does not prevent the transfer of Es de Queiroz to the Pantheon

The Supreme Administrative Court has decided not to take precautions to prevent the transfer of Es de Queiroz to the National Pantheon, which was requested by six of the writer’s great-grandchildren, but the ceremony planned for Wednesday has been suspended, it became known this Monday.

“Higher Administrative Court [STA] decided not to take the precautionary measure and therefore not to suspend the transmission,” but “since this is not a final decision, we are obliged to suspend the ceremony on Wednesday,” group coordinator Pedro Delgado Alves told Lusa. Job.

According to the person in charge, the STA supported this decision by the fact that the majority of the heirs were in favor of the transfer, so the minority who filed the claim had no legitimacy, and stated that Esa de Queiroz left no inheritance. express wishes regarding where he did or did not want to be buried.

Now “there is a deadline for additional statements. At the moment these are good arguments and good signs that the decision of the Assembly of the Republic will be confirmed. We are waiting for the final decision, and then we will reschedule everything,” he added.

Pedro Delgado Alves stressed that, even if there was no need to wait for the final decision, there would no longer be “enough time” to deal with the transfer because, even despite the quick decision of the Supreme Court, the Providence of Precaution came into force at the last minute.

“Since the entry into force of the precautionary measure, we have not been able to cope with anything. The executive actions must be stopped,” he specified, expressing, however, great optimism about this “first and very clear decision not to introduce a precautionary measure.” . Precautionary measure.”

This legal measure was filed last week in the Supreme Administrative Court by six of the writer’s great-grandchildren to prevent the transfer.

Of the 22 great-grandchildren of Esa de Queiroz, 13 agreed to be transferred to the National Pantheon, with three abstaining.

The Esa de Queiroz Foundation, headed by the writer Afonso Reis Cabral, also advocates translation, having pioneered the process.

The resolution to award Esa de Queiroz the National Pantheon Award, proposed by the PS parliamentary group, was approved unanimously in plenary session on January 15, 2021.

To this end, a working group was created, which carried out a number of steps, with the transfer of the remains of Es de Queiroz to the National Pantheon scheduled for September 27 this year.

More than two years after the approval of the above resolution, a minority group consisting of the descendants of the writer wrote a letter to the President of the Assembly of the Republic proposing that these honors be bestowed by the installation in the Pantheon of a memorable tombstone without the transfer of the remains, which should continue in Tormes.

The controversy was discussed at a conference of parliamentary leaders, where the President of the Assembly of the Republic admitted that the reaction of the relevant family members was belated and called it an “embarrassing development.”

Esa de Queiroz died on August 16, 1900 and was buried in Lisbon. In September 1989, his remains were transferred from the Alto de São João cemetery in the capital to the family grave in the Santa Cruz do Douro cemetery in Baiana.