The leader of Chegi and leader of the list emphasized this Wednesday the importance of the European elections, the first in which the party participated, while Andre Ventura made an appeal to vote, asking for a “big victory” on Sunday.
Chega’s delegation, numbering about a hundred people, this Wednesday walked along part of Rua de Santa Catarina in Porto towards Praça da Batalha, a street that is already part of the election campaign route.
The party repeated the route taken in the campaign for the March legislative elections, but this time without rain.
The walk was enlivened by bass drums and harmonica, as well as party and Portuguese flags.
At the end of the route, which lasted about 20 minutes, the leader of the list, Antonio Tanger Correia, and the leader went to two tables set up next to the tent that the group had set up wherever it went and held an impromptu rally. rally using a microphone and a small column mounted on a chair.
“This election is much more important than we can imagine. Many people think that Chega’s descent will begin here, and I want to ask you to leave your home on Sunday,” Andre Ventura asked, repeating this request several times.
President Chegi believed that “this is perhaps the most important European election” in recent years, to “give a signal to Europe, but also to Portugal, a signal against corruption, against illegal immigration, a signal for equal rights”, for “a decent country for decent people and worthy families.”
Ventura called for a “great victory,” stressing that Sunday marks “the beginning of the changes that need to be made in this country.”
“We will only win if you take us there, if you go out to vote,” he insisted, saying he wanted to see “a big movement, a big national wave” on Sunday.
Speaking to reporters during the rally, Chegi’s leader said that “any result (…) will ennoble” the party, as it currently has no representation in the European Parliament as it is running for the first time.
“But we want more, we want to win, so we will fight,” he emphasized, and he has already set this goal.
Ventura also refused to consider the European elections a runoff of the March legislative elections.
“This is not a second round of the legislature, it hasn’t happened yet, we’ll see if it happens or not,” he said.
During the route, Chegi’s delegation crossed paths with the National Democratic Alternative (ADN) delegation led by list leader Joana Amaral Díaz and party president Bruno Fialho, but they did not speak and the caravans got into an argument. to see who shouted their party names the loudest.
Also at two tables, the head of Chega’s list for the European elections considered it a “historic moment” because “this is the first time Chega is running for a European election, at a time when Europe is more important than ever.” to Portugal.”
“Portugal is a European country, but Portugal is a sovereign country, and it is a country that wants to be part of Europe, like Portugal, and not a group of Brussels subjects,” he said, deeming it necessary to “organize a fundamental balance for the development and future” of the country.
Like the leader, Tangier Correa also spoke about safety when the siren sounded in the distance.
Noting that “a politician has once again been wounded in Germany” from the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the Cega candidate said he wanted to “avoid being in Portugal tomorrow.”
“It is important that there are security conditions here so that this does not happen the way it happens in other countries. Portugal must become the safe haven that it has always been and which we hope will always be,” Tangier Correa stressed.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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