Rui Rocha thanks him, but refuses the personal security that Costa provides.

The President of the Liberal Initiative (IL) today thanked the Prime Minister for ensuring his personal safety after climate activist attacked Luis Montenegro, but he will not accept it because he trusts the country.

“I thank you, but I will not take advantage of this, I trust the country, I trust the people in Portugal and therefore I will continue the same activities without any restrictions, without changing anything, but also without any guarantees.” “, assured Rui Rocha following the visit and meeting at the Business Round Table in Lagoas Park, in Oeiras, Lisbon district.

The Prime Minister today instructed the PSP to ensure the personal safety of party leaders vying for seats in parliament following an attack on PSD President Luis Montenegro by a climate activist.

António Costa’s decision comes after a young climate activist threw green paint at Montenegro today during a visit to the Lisbon Tourism Exchange (BTL) as part of the AD election campaign.

Rui Rocha understood that it was very important that political leaders could live their lives and carry out their political activities with complete freedom.

And he added: “I think what the Prime Minister is doing is right, this is a way of acknowledging the seriousness of what we have witnessed because it could be a sign of something that could develop into more serious things and so I think that “First of all, Minister, you are right to attach due importance to this issue.”

For the liberal leader, those who, faced with the repetition of such acts of intimidation, which attempt to coerce political agents into their freedom and degrade their appearance, devalue them, are in a bad position.

Such behavior is unacceptable and must be condemned as such, he insisted.

“We, when we take on political functions, have a responsibility to preserve institutions, and therefore, if we do not respond to these types of situations by attributing seriousness to them, what we are doing is contributing to the degradation of institutions,” he said. emphasized.

Rui Rocha, who is scheduled to visit BTL on Friday as part of the election campaign, assured that he will not take any additional measures as he will not be intimidated.

But End Fossil activists demanded action in a statement, arguing that “no party has a plan that matches climate reality.”

The student movement is calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels by 2030 and demanding that we stop using gas to generate electricity by next year, using 100% renewable and free electricity instead.

However, Montenegro announced that it would today file a complaint against the activist who hit him with green paint at the entrance to the BTL, and thanked him for the demonstrations of solidarity.