National Issues
«You can count on the PCP to resist difficulties and to defend rights»
20 March 2020
I would like to share with you this feeling of unease that assails us in the face of the situation we are experiencing.
But also to affirm and share the hope that we will overcome the difficulties and dangers that we face, where words have to give way to action, preventive measures and clinical treatment that safeguard life, health and rights.
They ask us for how long. We are sure of only one thing: we will overcome this difficult moment.
On the measures decided by the Government in the application of the State of Emergency
19 March 2020
1- The country’s situation, in view of the developments of the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak, requires continued compliance with the guidelines recommended by Health authorities and which have deserved the widespread and exemplary understanding and acceptance by the Portuguese people, as well as measures to strengthen the response capacity of the National Health Service.
«Capitalism's depeceptions»
19 March 2020
Translated "Avante!"article by Pedro Guerreiro, Member of the Secretariat of the CC and Responsible of the International Department
News follow one another at an ever increasing pace.
The US Administration downplays the adoption of vital public health measures in the country; it shamelessly expresses xenophobic views and rejoices at the impact of the epidemic outbreak in China, which it deems to be positive for US economy; it seeks to get hold and secure exclusive use of a future vaccine being developed by its own allies…
On the request of authorization for declaration of state of emergency
18 March 2020
Mr. Speaker,
Mr. Prime Minister,
Ladies and Gentlemen Members of Parliament,
Under the Constitution and the law on the state of siege and emergency, the declaration of a state of emergency should not be decided on the basis of abstract or theoretical considerations, it requires the substantiated findings of the existence of an exceptional framework that can justify such a decision and the specifically identified measures that can only be implemented following that declaration.
The COVID-19 epidemic outbreak - Short-term and medium-term repercussions, and the responses and policies that must be adopted to address them
17 March 2020
1. The COVID-19 epidemic outbreak confronting the country and the world naturally requires, as a priority, an appropriate set of prevention procedures, including health measures that must be strengthened. Public health services play a crucial role, accompanied at the same time by essential measures to enable the clinical response. The National Health Service must be strengthened, at all levels.
About the evolution of COVID-19 and the measures announced by the Government
13 March 2020
1. Given the evolution of the COVID-19 outbreak, PCP considers the implementation of a set of preventive measures to be of the utmost importance, bur reaffirms the rejection of alarmism that cause a climate of agitation and disproportionate fear.
The current situation in Portugal demands that we all follow the set of guidelines issued by the public health authority, without fueling speculative reports or adopting measures on the sidelines of those defined by the competent authorities.
Thousands of people for women's equal rights
13 March 2020
Injustices and inequalities continue to prevail, particularly in relation to women, whether at work, in the family, or in society. Therefore, this great demonstration, the degree of participation shows that women are not unmotivated, on the contrary, they fight every day for these rights in relation to their work schedule, in relation to their wages, in relation to their maternity and to paternity.
This demonstration is a clear response from those who feel, justly, wronged at work, in life, violence against women remains a reality.
Party of proposal and project, of the struggle for the patriotic and left-wing alternative, to respond to the country's structural problems
6 March 2020
A fraternal greeting, on behalf of the leadership of the Portuguese Communist Party, to all those who joined in the celebrations of its anniversary and when it is about to celebrate hundred years of a heroic life of struggle and conquest for new futures for the workers and our people. One hundred years almost completed, always with the prospect on the horizon, which it does not give up, materializing a land without masters, free from exploitation and oppression.
Communiqué of the Central Committee of the PCP of February 29 and March 1st. 2020
1 March 2020
The Central Committee of the PCP having met on February 29 and March 1st 2020 , analysed the national political, economic and social situation and the developments of the mass struggle, appreciated aspects of the international situation, and set down guidelines for the Party’s intervention and strengthening lines of action, political initiative and Party strengthening and adopted resolutions on the preparation of the XXI Congress of the PCP and on the celebrations of the Centennial of the Party
1921-2021 - Centennial of the Portuguese Communist Party
1 March 2020
Freedom, Democracy, SocialismThe future has a Party