PORTUGAL’S SECURITY forces were demonstrating in Lisbon on Monday of this week and have promised to vote in white at the local council elections on October 9, as a form of protest against decisions taken by the government.
Marchers left Terreiro do Paço at 6pm and, two hours later, had arrived at Palácio de Belém, the President’s residence. The unions and professional associations linked to the security forces are contesting new rules relating to retirement, pensions, reserved duty and changes to the preferential health services for the Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP) and Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR).
A donkey, named Sexta-Feira, with a siren fixed to its saddle and a license plate bearing the numbers, 13-13-13, led by the president of the Associação Sócio-Profissional Independente da Guarda (ASPIG), the independent police security force association, was also part of the protest, symbolising the “the decrepit state” of the police vehicles currently in service.
At the head of the protest were Alberto Torres and José Manageiro, the two faces of the Confederação do Comércio e Serviços de Portugal (CCP), the country’s commerce and services confederation. Alberto Torres compared the current Socialist goverment with the pre-Revolution dictatorship. “We have low salaries and we don’t receive pay for overtime, holidays and weekends,” said Torres, who called upon Presidente Sampaio to take action. “He cannot fold his arms,” he warned.
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de Belém, the President’s residence. The unions and professional associations linked to the security forces are contesting new rules relating to retirement, pensions, reserved duty and changes to the preferential health services for the Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP) and Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR).
A donkey, named Sexta-Feira, with a siren fixed to its saddle and a license plate bearing the numbers, 13-13-13, led by the president of the Associação Sócio-Profissional Independente da Guarda (ASPIG), the independent police security force association, was also part of the protest, symbolising the “the decrepit state” of the police vehicles currently in service.
At the head of the protest were Alberto Torres and José Manageiro, the two faces of the Confederação do Comércio e Serviços de Portugal (CCP), the country’s commerce and services confederation. Alberto Torres compared the current Socialist goverment with the pre-Revolution dictatorship. “We have low salaries and we don’t receive pay for overtime, holidays and weekends,” said Torres, who called upon Presidente Sampaio to take action. “He cannot fold his arms,” he warned.
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de Belém, the President’s residence. The unions and professional associations linked to the security forces are contesting new rules relating to retirement, pensions, reserved duty and changes to the preferential health services for the Polícia de Segurança Pública (PSP) and Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR).
A donkey, named Sexta-Feira, with a siren fixed to its saddle and a license plate bearing the numbers, 13-13-13, led by the president of the Associação Sócio-Profissional Independente da Guarda (ASPIG), the independent police security force association, was also part of the protest, symbolising the “the decrepit state” of the police vehicles currently in service.
At the head of the protest were Alberto Torres and José Manageiro, the two faces of the Confederação do Comércio e Serviços de Portugal (CCP), the country’s commerce and services confederation. Alberto Torres compared the current Socialist goverment with the pre-Revolution dictatorship. “We have low salaries and we don’t receive pay for overtime, holidays and weekends,” said Torres, who called upon Presidente Sampaio to take action. “He cannot fold his arms,” he warned.
