The mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, admitted this Thursday that there is a “very strong” sense of insecurity among the population due to drug addiction, confirming the need to strengthen the police.
“From a safety and security point of view, there is nothing we can do other than help the police with whatever they ask of us, and we have done that,” the mayor said while touring renovations at the former Campania slaughterhouse. .
The magazine Jornal de Notícias reports this Thursday that drug trafficking and drug use are back “in force” in the Sé district, in the historical center of the city, and in one of the courtyards of the old S. building a “chuto room” is currently equipped. Sebastian market.
When asked about the issue, Rui Moreira admitted to being concerned and also said that on Wednesday afternoon he received an association of residents of Pinheiro Manso in the Ramalde area who are equally concerned about security in the area.
“If it was only in the city of Porto, the situation would be relatively easy to resolve, the problem of insecurity is not only in the city of Porto, it is a European and national problem. Lisbon has the same problems. faced a very serious problem – people’s feeling of insecurity,” he said.
Stating that he understood that the population would like to “be able to come up with other initiatives,” Rui Moreira said the municipality could only cooperate with the PSP and warn about the need for police visibility, recalling a press conference he held about a week ago. with his Lisbon colleague Carlos Moedas.
Asked if he had received any response from the government to the call for more police, Rui Moreira said “not yet.”
The mayor, however, said he was not interested in “hearing with the government to say what they think about this” but in seeing the implementation of “objective solutions” such as more police.
“We know what we don’t have and what we need to have,” he said, also defending the need to overhaul the legislation.
“I continue to insist that there is part of the legislation that I cannot understand, and when it comes to drugs, you have to choose: either you want full legalization or you need to fight human trafficking. The current situation is a paradise for traffickers.” he said. said .
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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