At the last conference of IL leaders, it was proposed that November 25, 1975 be included in the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Carnation Revolution. This idea was supported by Chega and CDS and can be returned to.
According to the report of the March 28 leadership conference, published this Monday, the topic was raised by the parliamentary leader of the Liberal Initiative, Mariana Leitan, who called for “incorporating the celebration of November 25 into the fiftieth anniversary celebrations.” anniversary of April 25th.”
CDS-PP deputy Paulo Nuncio “confirmed the interest of his parliamentary group in a dignified celebration of the above-mentioned date in parliament,” and Chegi parliamentary leader Pedro Pinto agreed.
According to the summary, PCP parliamentary leader Paula Santos “argued that it is important to celebrate April 25,” while pro-BE Fabian Figueiredo believed the two dates were “incomparable.”
Regarding the PS, deputy Pedro Delgado Alves “recalled that the celebration of November 25 did not meet with consensus and that the calendar of celebrations had been determined.”
The socialist “admitted that this issue could be returned to, but not now and not in this context.”
The President of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, “stated that now is not the right moment to resolve this issue and that he will collect information from the Secretary General.”
At the beginning of the meeting, according to the summary, the President of the Assembly of the Republic welcomed the deputies present and expressed the hope “that these meetings can take place in an atmosphere of cooperation and loyalty for the good development of the work.”
Last October, at a press conference, former parliamentary president Augusto Santos Silva said that the 50th anniversary of the military operation on November 25, 1975 was outside the official program of parliamentary celebrations of the fiftieth anniversary of the November revolution. 25, 1975 April 1974 and the 1976 Constitution
At a press conference, Santos Silva said that the organizing committee of the commemorative events, which includes members of parties with parliamentary representation, decided that the program of initiatives should be coordinated.
“In the organizing committee, we decided that the dates and events that were unanimously read among us would be adopted as the program. We therefore decided to focus on the sequence of the revolution of April 25, 1974, the first free elections, the approval of the Constitution and the first elections to the Assembly of the Republic, the President of the Republic, regional and municipal autonomies,” explained Augusto Santos Silva.
Even on November 25, 1975, the former Minister of State and Foreign Affairs then emphasized that this “does not mean that there will not be other initiatives to celebrate other dates.”
“The initiatives of parliamentary groups, the leadership conference or myself are in this course,” he added.