Leader of the Reconquest Xenophobic Movement caused immigrants at Martim Moniz and was arrested.
Afonso Gonçalves, who leads the Reconquest Ultranational and Xenophobic Movement, went to Rua do Benformeoso, in Martim Moniz, in Lisbon, to provoke immigrants, advising them to return to their country.
The far-right activist invaded the balcony of a building In this street of Martim Moniz, where many immigrants live, to make an anti-immigration speech, where he also defended.
Afonso Gonçalves and another man “climbed, with the help of a bid, a building, standing on a porch on the 1st floor”, as the PSP reveals in a statement, after being called to the scene and to detention of those involved.
Already on the porch, the leader of and his companion hung a stripe where they could read “Are we in Portugal? Where are the Portuguese?“Including the word“ “this is a xenophobic term that has been used by the most radical far right in Europe.
Afonso Gonçalves even made a speech, in Portuguese and in English, criticizing mass immigration and defending the return of immigrants to their countries of origin.
It all happened around 1:30 pm, when there was “a high concentration of people In Rua do Benformo ”, moving to the“ place of informal worship in Mouraria ”, explains the PSP.
In videos released on social networks, you can see some men to go to Afonso Gonçalves, while speaking on the porch, with gestures and words. One of them, at least, seems to speak of a foreign language.
They can criticize what they want, but hopefully many have his tomatoes, to say what they think in the midst of this absolute chaos of misery in the city 👇
– drg (@drgpt1)
Despite the provocations of Afonso Gonçalves, “No violent behaviors were registered by the citizens who witnessed the action, ”explains the PSP.
Reconquest leader accused immigrants of being criminals
While being on the balcony, on Martim Moniz Street, and talking in English, Afonso Gonçalves accused the immigrants of being responsible for criminal acts, namely drug trafficking.
“Many of you are involved in very criminal activities“He stressed by addressing those who passed on the street.
“I don’t care that they call me racist Because I know very well what would happen to me if it was for your country, ”he added, noting that” if he wanted to emigrate to Pakistan, he would be hated and sent away. “
“Don’t come to my country to tell me what my values and my rules should be,” he continued, arguing that they should go back to their countries because “This situation is not acceptable And you need to end. ”
“The experience of Mass Multiculturalisma multi -racial experience We have failed, and we are still called racists and fascists when the money that could be used for the welfare of our grandparents is being used to, “he has also shot.
“We are not radical enoughwe have been very calm, too kind, too welcoming, ”he said.
PSP speaks of “provocative” action
Afonso Gonçalves and the person who accompanied him were detained by PSP. Refused to leave the balcony and were “COERCIVIAL RETURNED” From the scene by the police, it announces the force of authority in a statement.
They turned out to be handcuffed and taken to the squadwhere, after being identified, they were released.
“The intervention of activists, which was not communicated to the competent authorities, under the law, had potential to be considered provocativegiven that reports were made that they also manifested themselves against Islam“Note PSP, justifying its intervention.
Afonso Gonçalvez says he was “violently grabbed” by the agents
On the way out of the squad, the reconquest activist regrets that it was “detained even with handcuffs”, “Violently grabbed” e “quite aggressively taken to the squad ”, also complaining about the time that PSP left him waiting.
“Basically, they identified me, seized a camera and told me to leave,” he reports in a video he released on his account on social network X, the former Twitter.
“There was no crime I committed, I didn’t do anything wrong“, He also stresses, noting that it was simply” to protest against massive immigration and against population replacement. “
I have just left the squad following a peaceful action at Martim Moniz.
Video soon 🔜
– Afonso Gonçalves (@afonsojfg)
Also during the protest on the porch of Martim Moniz, when the PSP car arrived, Afonso Gonçalves advised the agents to look also “for all the illegal activities that take place in these stores”, and for “all illegal immigrants” in the area, “O trafficking, false contracts, drugs, prostitutioncrime ”.
In Portuguese, he addressed the PSP agents to talk about the “ease” that “these gentlemen have to enter Portugal, even illegally”, and to note that “a lot of hers is At the expense of taking moneytake investment, which was to be used to Benefit the policeso that they had the minimum conditions and safety. ”
“But the priority of the regime is continue to invest in population replacement From the Portuguese people ”, he stressed, how he can hear in the video published by Afonso Gonçalves himself, spreading his protest.
Afonso Gonçalves handcuffed by police and offended by immigrants for protesting against immigration in the middle of Martim Moniz
– Afonso Gonçalves (@afonsojfg)
Afonso Gonçalves is very active on social networks, namely in X, where also asks your followers to support you financiallythrough donations for MBway or PayPal.
The reconquest, the movement that leads, disseminates racist and xenophobic ideasdefending the “reimigration”, the “purity” of the Portuguese people and
also Reduction the rights of women and people LGBTQI+.
