Augusto Santos Silva admits he sometimes has to ‘swear’ in Parliament

The President of the Assembly of the Republic said on Tuesday that he is bound to abide by the Standing Orders, explaining to children visiting Parliament that sometimes “a few reprimands are necessary” after he was praised for his relationship with Chega.

On the afternoon of April 25, as usual, Augusto Santos Silva toured the various rooms of the Parliament, this Tuesday, when its doors were open until 18:30, he was approached to take a “selfie”, answered students’ questions about the functioning Assembly of the Republic, and there was even a citizen who “congratulated” him on how he handled this episode on Tuesday morning at the official welcoming session of Brazilian President Lula da Silva.

When asked by journalists about these compliments, in a conversation with a group of students of the first cycle, Santos Silva tried to give a pedagogical answer.

“My duty is to follow the Rules, the Rules are a little book that contains the rules that we must follow, and I am responsible for ensuring that everyone follows the rules. If someone scolds like your teachers,” he explained.

When asked if he would take the matter – like other past incidents with Andre Ventura’s party, as he had already promised – to the leaders’ conference on Wednesday, Santos Silva chose to leave the matter for another day.

“This is such a beautiful day, this is a day of freedom, tomorrow we will return to difficulties and problem solving, today [terça-feira] Let’s celebrate freedom,” he urged.

This Tuesday, during the speech of the President of Brazil in the Assembly of the Republic, members of Chega stood up and waved banners with the words “Enough of corruption”, “Thief a place in prison” and other colors of Ukrainian flags.

The President of Brazil continued his speech for several more minutes, but as soon as there was a pause, the benches on the left and the SDP applauded enthusiastically, and the Chega members slapped the table, which forced Augusto Santos Silva to intervene.

“Deputies who wish to remain in the hall must conduct themselves in a courteous, courteous and educated manner, as is required of any representative of the Portuguese people. Stop insulting, stop humiliating institutions, stop dishonoring the name of Portugal.” Santos Silva said with obvious annoyance.

In mid-April, in response to a question from the PS parliamentary group, the President of the Assembly of the Republic had already promised to bring to the conference of leaders a “sequence of actions” in the plenary session, which, in his opinion, defies parliamentary rule, including the incident between Enough and “vice” Edite Estrela .

As part of the April 25 celebrations, Parliament opened its doors to the general public at 3:30 p.m. with the queue already lined up, and Santos Silva explained the purpose of the initiative to the students at the secondary school in Oeiras.

“This is the home of the whole country, of all the Portuguese, this home is yours, it will belong to you more and more, and it is very nice to be able to receive you here and know from the inside how this Machine Room of our democracy works,” he greeted.

Then Santos Silva went to the monastery and listened to some songs performed by the students of the Barreiro jazz school, and then went to the Assembly Hall, where the plenary meetings of the Assembly of the Republic are held.

This time, instead of deputies, the space was open to visitors of all ages, and several people approached the President of Parliament, who was explaining the concept of democracy and the meaning of this Tuesday.

“We don’t need revolutions because every four years people vote and choose who will govern them. [de 1974]. Today [terça-feira]if they are not happy, they choose others,” he concluded.

Among the various groups who asked Santos Silva to take pictures was also a Russian family living in Sintra who expressed their “very happy” opportunity to visit Parliament “on the day of the celebration of freedom.”

This Tuesday’s program includes musical and pedagogical activities such as planting carnations, and by 4:30 p.m., the entry line has already lined up around Sao Bento Palace.