Europe's Populist Wave Reaches Portugal
- André Ventura, leader of Portugal's new populist party Chega! (Enough!), has said that the traditional parties "no longer respond to the people's problems" and that he represents "disillusioned Portuguese." He has called for lowering taxes, strengthening borders and increasing penalties for serious crimes.
- Ventura has also called for a public referendum on reforming the
Constitution in order to replace the existing parliamentary system with a
presidential system that better guarantees the separation of powers.
The existing political system, he said, was created by Marxists and
fascists after the 1974 revolution in order to share the spoils after
four decades of dictatorship. Indeed, the Portuguese Constitution calls
for opening up "a path towards a socialist society."
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