Chega presented this Monday a bill to establish November 25 as a national holiday, given that this date in 1975 was “without a shadow of a doubt the true day of freedom and democracy.”
In the bill that was presented this Monday to the Assembly of the Republic, deputies argue that “in the defense of freedom and democracy”, “celebrating April 25 is as important as celebrating November 25.” “.
“Thus, and given that the former is a national holiday, it is important for Chegi that November 25, the day of winning freedom in the face of communist dictatorship and the subsequent defeat of the far left, should also happen,” they note.
Chega notes that “it is to November 25 and its heroes, undeniable courage and honor,” that the country owes “freedom and democracy,” so it is “the duty to honor them by celebrating this date with the respect and praise it deserves.”
“For this reason, the Chega parliamentary group proposes to make November 25 a national holiday from 2025, the 50th anniversary year of this fundamental historical moment for Portuguese democracy,” the draft says.
Chega also accuses political forces of trying to “deny or devalue the importance of November 25, perhaps because on that same day the unwavering courage of some prevented their totalitarian and perverted agenda from triumphing.”
The party had already submitted a proposal for the same purpose in the last legislature, but the initiative expired without being voted on, with the dissolution of the Assembly of the Republic.
The SDS/CDS-PP government has decided to create a commission to celebrate the 50th anniversary on November 25, 2025.
IL has proposed that next year’s April 25 celebrations include a ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of November 25, 1975, while the CDS-PP wants the Assembly of the Republic to hold a commemorative meeting every year to commemorate the day.
On November 25, 1975, about a thousand paratroopers from the Tancos School Base occupied the Monsanto Air Area Command and six air bases in what the Group of Nine – a group of military personnel from the moderate wing of the Armed Forces Movement – considered this act to be a sign that the so-called leftist military was preparing a coup d’etat.
An attempted uprising by these military units associated with sectors of the extreme left was stopped by the establishment of the Amador Commando Regiment under the leadership of the then Lieutenant Colonel Ramalho Eanes, the future President of the Republic.
At the end of the day, the then President of the Republic, Francisco da Costa Gomes, issued a decree imposing a state of siege in the Lisbon region, and the situation was taken under control by the military assigned to the Group of Nine at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The events of November 25, 1975 have had multiple versions over the decades and have generated controversy over the responsibility of each actor and who took the first step.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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