The PCP strongly condemns the military aggression unleashed today by the US and Israel against Iran, which constitutes a flagrant violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter, of international law, of the sovereignty and rights of the Iranian people.

The Portuguese Communist Party salutes the Sahrawi people and the Polisario Front, their legitimate representative, on the celebration of the 50th. anniversary of the proclamation of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which took place on February 27, 1976, in the city of Bir Lehlou, in the free territory of Western Sahara.

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.