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Pedro Delgado Alves turned his back on the notion and did what he often criticised Chega deputies for doing. The MP forgot his peers and wanted to burst an elite bubble from which he never emerged.
The Chega parliamentary leader requested sanctions for the behaviour of Socialist MPs Eva Cruzeiro and Isabel Moreira — the same ones who were considered victims of insults by Filipe Melo.
Duarte Pacheco, a former PSD member of parliament across 9 legislatures, laments the increase in insults within Parliament. He advocates for sanctions against deputies and states that complaints at least prevent a situation where 'everything is permitted'.
The Transparency Committee recommended that Filipe Melo apologise to the socialist Isabel Moreira in the plenary session, after he blew kisses at her from the Speaker's table. So far, nothing has happened.
The Socialist Party (PS) corrected its vote this Sunday, opposing a Transparency Committee report that concluded MP Eva Cruzeiro breached fundamental parliamentary duties by calling Chega deputies 'racists and xenophobes'. The PS claimed the initial vote in favour was a procedural error due to the late hour of the meeting. Despite the PS opposition, the report remains approved with the support of the PSD and Chega parties. The PS maintains that Cruzeiro's remarks were a legitimate exercise of her mandate and defended her against subsequent racist insults she received from the Chega benches.
The Assembly of the Republic deemed the behaviour inappropriate and unacceptable.
The Assembly of the Republic concluded that Socialist Eva Cruzeiro breached the 'fundamental duties of deputies' by calling Chega parliamentarians 'racists and xenophobes', an 'inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour' that cannot be sanctioned 'due to a lack of legal authority'. These conclusions are contained in the inquiry report, which the Lusa agency had access to, approved by...
The case dates back to a plenary session at the end of October last year, when Filipe Melo shouted “go back to your own country” at Eva Cruzeiro.
The Assembly of the Republic concluded that Socialist MP Eva Cruzeiro breached the 'fundamental duties of deputies' by calling Chega parliamentarians 'racists and xenophobes', an 'inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour' that cannot be sanctioned 'due to a lack of legal authority'.
CNN Portugal commentator Mafalda Anjos anticipates the potential sanctions that the Chega party may face due to the confrontations with Teresa Morais, Vice-President of the Assembly of the Republic.
All parliamentary groups, except Chega, expressed solidarity with Teresa Morais, applauding the acting President of the Assembly of the Republic. However, some insist on the importance of taking the discussion further at the leaders' conference and in committee, with potential sanctions being reconsidered.
The Assembly of the Republic cannot be reduced to an arena of permanent confrontation, nor to a stage used to produce viral videos and feed the logic of social media.
