“You look dead.” Deputies of the arrival accused of bullying with blind deputy

“Aberration” and “Drugged” were some of the insults heard in Parliament this Thursday. Several parties denounced the “very serious” situation.

In a parliamentary debate about children with special educational needs, I intervened the deputy of the PS Ana Sofia Antunes, who is invisual, arguing on the subject.

In response, came the deputy of the arrival of Diva Ribeiro. “It is curious that Mrs Ana Sofia Antunes can only intervene in matters that unfortunately involve disability.” Chaos was installed in the Assembly. The indignation arose not only from the PS bench.

Then they were listening to barbers released by the two benches, the PS asking for “respect”, and even shouts “is silent”.

But the insults did not stay here: Joana Mortágua, from the Left Block, says that in her bench it was possible to hear the deputies of the arrival, even with the microphone off. “The insult”aberration‘He heard from our bench, ”he said.

“I was nominated not so much for the insults, which are common from the arrival bench, but because the deputy was signaling at the table and needs to hear that the signs were seen, otherwise he doesn’t know. While making a signal, Mrs Rita Matias was sending her to lower her arm with gestures, knowing that she could not distinguish, ”he told.

Mariana Mortágua also denounced that the situation was “offenses” and “bullying against a person with disabilities ”.

“Mouths” were also heard in the hemiciclo, as “drugged“, “You look dead“Among others, directed from the arrival of the PS deputy.

And Rita Matias, from the arrival, continued to defend the position of her party: “Your bench when you want to talk about racism called the deputy [negra] Romualda Fernandes […] When you want to talk about sexual guidance calls LGBT people, ”he said.

The PS accused the arrival of offend “Honor From the parliamentary bench ”, and the PSD was also outraged by the situation: Hugo Soares stated that Diva Ribeiro’s commentsurpasses common senseeducation, urbanity and the dignity that the Chamber demands ”, an intervention that earned the parliamentary leader an ovation of the left.

However, the deputy aimed at the comments has already commented on the situation. “Yesterday, in the plenary of the Assembly of the Republic, I I was disrespected as a disabled person. I am a disabled person, I am a congenital blind person, ”he said, quoted by Lusa.

“There have been frequent comments, apartes, humiliating vexing statements about different people with different characteristics, whether women, migrants, with different sexual orientations, with different physical characteristics.”

The PS deputy argued that it cannot be “allowed this free traffic to continue to happen in Parliament, disguised as a supposed freedom of expression.”

Ana Sofia Antunes also countered the accusation of the deputy of the arrival that only intervenes in disabilities and accounted for about 15 interventions since taking over the place of deputy In this legislature on topics such as security or migrations, adding that she is coordinator of the PS in the European Affairs Commission.