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Communiqué of the Central Committee of the PCP of December 12, 2020
December 12, 2020
The Central Committee of the PCP, meeting on 12 December 2020, made the assessment of the XXI Congress, took decisions on the leadership work, analysed the recent developments of the national situation and of the mass struggle, the elections for President of the Republic, the intervention of the PCP and defined its priorities for action.
PCP condemns US support for the occupation of Western Sahara
December 11, 2020
The PCP strongly condemns the support of the United States Administration to the occupation of Western Sahara by the Kingdom of Morocco, in return for it to normalise relations with Israel, which for decades has illegally occupied Palestinian territories and oppresses the Palestinian people. The unacceptable recognition of the occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco, now declared by the Trump Administration, is part of the US policy of consistent affront against the sovereignty and rights of peoples and, consequently, against international law.
On the European Council of December 10 and 11
December 11, 2020
As expected, the European Council approved the new Multiannual Financial Framework, as well as the “Recovery Fund”. The difficulties and stalemates surrounding the approval of these financial instruments, and the way in which they were overcome, confirm contradictions and problems indissociable from the nature of the European Union, which are far from being resolved and which go beyond obvious divergences with Hungary and Poland.
On the elections for the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
December 7, 2020
The elections for the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - held under the impact of a cruel economic and financial blockade - represented an affirmation in defence of the path of national sovereignty and independence, justice and social progress, development and cooperation by the Venezuelan people.
Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary, Lisbon
45th Anniversary of the liberation of the peoples of the former Portuguese colonies
3 December 2020
Please allow me to begin by valuing and thanking the presence of representatives of MPLA, PAICV, PAIGC and FRELIMO in this meeting promoted by the PCP commemorating the 45th anniversary of the gaining of independence by the African peoples of the Portuguese colonies.
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Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary, Loures, XXI Congress of the PCP
Closing Speech XXI Congress of the PCP
29 November 2020
We are coming to end of the XXI Congress of the PCP. We have come a long way in the process of preparing it and holding it.
Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary, Loures, XXI Congress of the PCP
Opening of the XXI Congress of the PCP
27 November 2020
First and foremost, I would like to greet the delegates to the XXI Congress who are here representing our entire party collective and wish them well in their work.
We are holding our Congress in a very different context from what is usual, as a result of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Persistence and determination to find concrete solutions for the workers and people
26 November 2020
The PCP intervened in the debate on this Budget denouncing the profound shortcomings and limitations of the proposal that the Government presented more than a month ago. As we stressed from the beginning, both the Budget Proposal and the Government's options, which lie beyond the Budget, do not respond to the needs of the country. But we have also always said that, given the seriousness of the national situation, we would not give up fighting the battle to the end to find solutions.
Statement by João Oliveira, Member of the Political Committee of the Central Committee of the PCP
On the evaluation and final vote on the State Budget for 2021
25 November 2020
The path of analysis and intervention that the PCP has had on the State Budget is public knowledge. As we have emphasised from the beginning, both the Budget Proposal and the Government's options that go beyond the Budget do not correspond to the demands facing the country.
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Statement by João Oliveira, President of the Parliamentary Group and member of the Political Committee of the Central Committee
On the start of voting on the specialty of the 2021 State Budget proposal
20 November 2020
The vote on the specialty of the State Budget proposal for next year starts this afternoon. We are all aware of the situation we are experiencing.
The situation is indeed exceptional and needs an exceptional response. It was in this sense that the PCP presented more than 300 proposals covering practically all areas of national life.
Problems that are already present and that are likely to be heightened must have a serious answer. There are options that the Government has to make. In and outside the Budget, otherwise the way is open for the situation to worsen.
Speech by , Debate on the request for authorization to renew the state of emergency
What is the rationale of seeking to guarantee health by instilling fear and insecurity in people?
20 November 2020
It is necessary to relieve the pressure that is placed on the NHS, avoid its rupture and create conditions to provide for the other health care situations. The restrictive measures that have been imposed under the state of emergency do not allow the necessary stopping of the epidemic and are simultaneously throwing the country into an unsustainable economic and social situation.
We said fifteen days ago that the declaration of a State of Emergency should be rejected.
Speech by Jerónimo de Sousa, General Secretary, Lisboa, Action “In defence of the National Health Service against the plunder by private groups” privados»
What is needed is to defend and strengthen the NHS and combat the plunder of the NHS by private groups
17 November 2020
The holding of this initiative, and of three dozen more that are taking place from North to South of the country, is the culmination of the national action promoted by the PCP, which began about a month ago with the motto - fight COVID, recover backlogs, guarantee access to healthcare - which aims to draw attention to the health situation and, fundamentally, to denounce the campaign that is underway against the National Health Service, by the economic groups in the business of disease.
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For the fulfilment of the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination
15 November 2020
In view of the developments of the situation in Western Sahara, following the serious events that took place on November 13, in the region of Guerguerat - Sahrawi territory located next to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania -, in which the Moroccan occupying forces carried out military operations that violated the terms of the ceasefire in force since 1991, negotiated under the auspices of the UN, the PCP:
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Demonstration by the Common Front of Public Administration Trade Unions Common Front in struggle
13 November 2020
Public administration workers exercised the right to demonstrate and protest taking into account the situation in which they live.
This action on raising wages, reinforcing rights and strengthening public services, namely Healthcare and Education, deserves to be valued and we are here to show our solidarity with these workers who have not seen a penny of increase for ten years.