National Issues

The October Revolution and the struggle today

As we have always done, here we are, today in Castanheira do Ribatejo, in the municipality of Vila Franca de Xira, to signal and celebrate the Socialist Revolution of October 1917, in this year which marks its hundred and third anniversary. We do this by renewing in this celebration our deep conviction that it remains in its liberating act and in its achievements as the seed of the future, as the great enterprise that continues to tell us that another world is possible.

We reject the authorization to declare a State of Emergency

The use of a State of Emergency does not seem proportionate or adequate to the measures that the country needs to face the difficult situation it is going through. The declaration of the State of Emergency proposed by the President of the Republic that today is discussed and voted on must be rejected for four essential reasons.

XXI Congress of the PCP

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João Ferreira's candidacy is necessary, indispensable, irreplaceable

A warm and fraternal greeting to all of you who are here supporting João Ferreira in his candidacy for President of the Republic. Greetings to the workers and people of Alhos Vedros and the municipality of Moita who, in these very difficult, complex and demanding circumstances, once again said present in this important battle to place as President of the Republic someone who guarantees to defend, comply and enforce the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, who assumes the values it holds, who embodies its project, who wishes to resume the April paths that are enshrined in it.

For public control of CTT to serve the people and the country

A greeting to all those who decided to be with us at this Meeting with organisations representing CTT workers "For public control of CTT to serve the people and the country. A greeting we want to extend to all the workers of this multi-centennial company, this symbol of the response to an essential public service, this irreplaceable instrument for the cohesion of our country. Workers symbolized in this mythical figure that was present in the most remote corners of the country, the postman who, as the singer said, always arrived from 9 to 10.

The defence and strengthening of the NHS is vital to guarantee the right to healthcare, with the implementation of an emergency plan for its strengthening

The holding of this Public Forum, within the scope of the national action promoted by the PCP: “Fight COVID-19, recover delays, ensure access to healthcare”, aims, at this stage of the development of the epidemic, to draw attention to the situation which is found in primary healthcare, fundamental in the fight against COVID-19, in the recovery of delays and in ensuring access for all Portuguese to health care. Some of the problems that Primary Healthcare faces today are not due to the epidemic.

How can the Government give priority to the deficit and not to the country's needs?

It is clear to us that this Budget does not answer the Country's structural problems or the new problems arising from the epidemic. That is why we say that we do not surrender the battle before fighting it. The aim of PCP's decision to abstain [on the Budget] in general is to enable confrontation between national problems and the alternative that exists to answer them. Our decision must be understood, not as an end point, but as an imperative to find the solutions that the country needs, even noting the Government's systematic refusal to move in this direction.

On the results of the Elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores

The Elections for the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores held today are marked by the loss of the absolute majority by the PS. The loss of the absolute majority is in itself a sign that, without this being absolute, reflects the growing discontent in the face of a governance that has increased problems, worsened social problems, unemployment and poverty, conditioned the region's development.

Economic and social problems and the necessary responses

We have taken an approach on the next State Budget in a context in which the health situation is far from being overcome, bringing elements of uncertainty on future developments, and in view of the worsening of all economic and social indicators.