At issue were posters from presidential candidate André Ventura, leader of Chega, featuring the phrases 'This is not Bangladesh' and 'The Roma must obey the law'.
Public Prosecutor's Office archives complaint against Chega posters regarding Roma and Bangladesh

Context & Explainers

André Ventura, born January 15, 1983, is a lawyer, academic, and Portugal's most prominent far-right leader. He founded Chega ("Enough") in 2019 after his PSD mayoral campaign attacked the Romani community. Chega surged from 1.3% in 2019 to 22.8% in May 2025, becoming parliament's second-largest party and making Ventura Leader of the Opposition.
His platform emphasizes immigration restrictions, law-and-order policies, constitutional reform, and contains inflammatory anti-Romani rhetoric that has triggered multiple discrimination convictions and investigations. Politically classified as far-right by international media, Ventura cultivates alliances with European far-right figures including Marine Le Pen and Santiago Abascal.
He announced his 2026 presidential candidacy, polling at 18% alongside independent Admiral Gouveia e Melo. His rise ended Portugal's 50-year resistance to far-right parties.

Chega ("Enough") is a Portuguese far-right populist party founded in 2019 by André Ventura. It positions itself as an anti-establishment movement against what it calls a "rotten and corrupt system" of PS-PSD dominance. The party surged from 1.3% in 2019 to 22.8% in May 2025, becoming parliament's second-largest force with 60 seats. Chega's core platform emphasizes strict immigration control—ending automatic CPLP residency, deporting non-independent immigrants, implementing job-market quotas, and requiring five-year social security contributions before benefit access. It advocates radical constitutional reform, including reducing parliament to 100 members, abolishing the prime minister position for a presidential system, and dismantling public healthcare. Law-and-order policies include life imprisonment and chemical castration proposals.
The party is defined by inflammatory anti-Romani rhetoric, with Ventura convicted multiple times for discrimination. Chega maintains international alignments with European far-right figures including Marine Le Pen, Santiago Abascal, and Matteo Salvini. Mainstream Portuguese parties, including Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's government, have imposed a cordon sanitaire, refusing coalition with Chega despite its parliamentary strength.
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- Public Prosecution Service archives inquiry into Chega posters9:23pm, 11 Mar 2026 • RTP Notícias
- Public Prosecutor concludes that Chega posters are not criminal, although they may be illegal9:19pm, 11 Mar 2026 • Público
- Public Prosecutor's Office archives complaint against controversial Chega posters9:13pm, 11 Mar 2026 • Observador
- Public Prosecutor's Office archives complaint against Chega posters regarding Roma and Bangladesh9:01pm, 11 Mar 2026 • Expresso
- Inquiry into Ventura's posters archived: they may be illicit but are not a crime, says Public Prosecutor8:21pm, 11 Mar 2026 • Diário de Notícias







