Comrades and friends, We are here to celebrate and mark the 105 years of the life of our Party, the PCP, a creation of the Portuguese workers, always connected to the masses and to life.   105 years of life and determined and confident struggle, rooted in the past, updating itself in the present and projected into the future.   A Party with a long history of intervention and struggle, with a vast and unparalleled history that blends with that of this People and this Country.  

The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on March 1 and 2, 2026, analysed the evolution of the international situation and the developments in the national situation, outlined the tasks ahead for the Party's intervention, initiative and organisation, and adopted the Resolution “A stronger PCP. It is necessary! It is possible!”

The PCP salutes all those who exercised their right to vote today, giving expression to a significant turnout in the elections, and extends a word of solidarity to all those who did so in particularly difficult conditions due to the consequences of the storms. A significant turnout that defeated André Ventura in the second round of the elections for President of the Republic, reflecting the Portuguese people's rejection of his candidacy and the reactionary and retrograde project he represents.

Life remains difficult for most workers, for the youth and those who have worked all their lives, but the media and political landscape is dominated by the elections for President of the Republic. It is impossible to look at the results of this first round without taking into account the continued promotion of reactionary forces and their demagogic actions, present in the succession of elections and beyond, and embodied this time in the candidacies of André Ventura, Cotrim de Figueiredo, Gouveia e Melo and Marques Mendes.