This Wednesday, Chega announced that it wants to hear in a parliamentary committee the mayor of Lisbon and the coordinator of the World Youth Day project on the costs that this event will entail and the direct adaptation of the altar stage on which Pope Francis will speak. .
The party said in a statement that as of today “there is no budget for spending” on World Youth Day, “there is only an estimate”.
“The Lisbon Authority expects to spend 30 million euros, Loures 10 million euros, and “the government expects to spend 36.5 million euros to organize World Youth Day”, but according to the Office of the Deputy Minister and Parliamentary Affairs, these accounts do not yet include spending on security, mobility, health, etc.,” he notes.
This Wednesday it was announced that the altar stage will cost the Lisbon Chamber 4.2 million euros. 18 times larger than the structure built in 2010 for the visit of Benedict XVI to Lisbon.
The vice president of the municipality stated that the use of the altar stage “does not end at the event”, it is expected that its construction will return after World Youth Day (WYD) due to the interest of the organizers of the event.
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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