Minister of Justice condemns André Ventura’s “xenophobic speech”

The Minister of Justice, Francisca Van Dunem, condemned, this Wednesday, the “xenophobic speech” of the deputy André Ventura, of the Chega party, which on Tuesday suggested that the deputy of the Free, Joacine Katar Moreira, should be “returned to your country of origin “.

“I leave here a note of condemnation for the xenophobic discourse that began to invade our institutional spaces and reached Parliament,” said Francisca Van Dunem, in Coimbra, pointing directly to the “declaration, made yesterday [terça-feira], and that reached the deputy Joacine Katar Moreira, invited to go to her land, as if this were not the land of the deputy Joacine Katar Moreira, who was elected by the Portuguese people to the Portuguese Parliament “.

André Ventura made the controversial statement after Joacine Katar Moreira proposed, in the scope of the discussion of the State Budget for 2020, that Portugal should return to the former colonies the heritage of these territories that is in Portuguese museums, in a “national strategy for decolonization of knowledge “.

André Ventura reacted on social media: “I propose that Mrs Joacine herself be returned to her country of origin. It would be much easier for everyone … even for her party! But especially for Portugal!”, She wrote.

Francisca Van Dunem’s criticism, this Wednesday, was made at the beginning of the speech he gave in a colloquium organized by the Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, on “Incarceration and society”.

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