Throughout the country, the 42nd anniversary of the April Revolution was celebrated with demonstrations, cultural and sporting events once again attended by thousands of people, reaffirming their will to materialise the April values in the future of Portugal.

In Lisbon there was a big parade along the avenue of Liberdade, with Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary of the PCP, taking part. Jerónimo de Sousa highlighted the importance of the celebration of the April revolution "as part of a new political solution that opened a window of hope for the future."

The Secretary General of the PCP stressed the "profound meaning of celebrating the 42 years of the April Revolution and the 40 years of the Constitution with the prospect that a better life is possible" but warned that this is not yet the time of "restoration of the April values and rupture with the right-wing policy” but this is the" course and here we are, the Portuguese Communist Party, to give this encouragement, confidence and hope to the workers and the people. "