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Benches contest Ventura's intervention, but Aguiar-Branco lets it pass
The president of the Assembly of the Republic said today that he refuses to be a censor and limit the freedom of expression of the deputies, a view that was contested by the PS, the BE and the Free and applauded standing by the Chega bench.
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The incident in the sector debate with the Minister of Infrastructure and Housing began with an intervention by the leader of Chega, André Ventura, who, when questioning the ten years foreseen for the construction of the new airport, said the following: "We can be much better than the Turks, than the Chinese, than the Albanians, we will have an airport in five years".
Immediately, the parliamentary leader of the Left Bloc, Fabian Figueiredo, asked to speak to defend that "attributing characteristics and stereotypes to a people should have no place in the democratic debate of the Assembly of the Republic".
In his response, the President of the Assembly of the Republic said he disagreed with this view.
"I do not agree, because democratic debate is about each one being able to express themselves exactly as they want to. In the opinion of the President of the Assembly, the proceedings are being conducted ensuring the free expression of all deputies, it has nothing to do with what I personally think, I will not be the censor of any of the deputies", he said.
The parliamentary leader of the Socialist Party, Alexandra Leitão, also asked to speak to question "whether a certain bench says that a certain race or ethnicity is more stupid or lazy, can it also do so".
"In my opinion, it can. Freedom of expression is constitutionally enshrined. The evaluation of the political discourse that is made here in this house will be made by the people in elections", replied the President of the Assembly of the Republic.
Aguiar-Branco proposed that "if there is anyone who thinks that the deputies' intervention should be censored, they should appeal the decision of the President of the Assembly".
"And then the plenary will do the censorship, it will not be me", he said.
Isabel Mendes Lopes, parliamentary leader of Livre, asked to speak to underline that "racism is a crime" and that what is said in parliament "has a direct consequence on people's lives".
"I will not continue with this topic, the Assembly has numerous procedural mechanisms to express its opinion. One thing you can be sure of, I will never curtail freedom of expression", said Aguiar-Branco, in an intervention applauded standing by the Chega bench.
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