Portuguese Communist Party

The Portuguese Communist Party vehemently condemns the coup d’état that removed the legitimate President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales.

Following the violence and destabilization by reactionary forces in Bolivia, disrespecting the election results of the October 20th presidential elections that determined the reelection of Evo Morales as President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, PCP manifests its solidarity with the Bolivian people and underlines the need to respect the popular will, democratically expresses in the ballots, in accordance with the electoral results scrutinized by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Bolivia.

Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary of the PCP sent the congratulations of the Portuguese Communists to Evo Morales on his re-election as President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and on the victory of the revolutionary and progressive forces in the October 20 elections.

The PCP addressed a message of solidarity to the Colombian Communist Party following the attack last Friday, October11, on its headquarters, which is also the headquarters of the Patriotic Union.

To the PCP, “this very serious provocative action, of an anti-communist and undemocratic nature, cannot be dissociated from the policies of violence, death threats and killings aimed at social leaders and former guerrilla fighters by the most reactionary circles of the Colombian oligarchy against the forces that in Colombia defend peace, democracy, the rights of the Colombian people”.