Miguel Coelho said man called him a “friend of the monos”, a racist term, hours of the result of the elections in the country
A PS (Socialist Party) politician of Portugal said he was assaulted by a right -wing opponent hours before parliamentary elections in the country.
According to Miguel Coelho, president of the Parish Council, the Santa Maria Maior Subprefecture in Lisbon, the aggressor was a former public employee and party supporter arrives.
“I just be assaulted by an individual who called me ‘friend of the monos’ [pessoa muçulmana de origem asiática] and threw me to the floor with a ‘pazada’ [empurrão] in the face. Shouted ‘vote arrives’ ”wrote Coelho on his Facebook profile.
In another post, the politician said he was not injured and that the aggressor was “A disturbed individual.” To the agency Lusathe Public Security Police confirmed that the politician did not register a police report and that the suspect was not found.
The President of the Socialist Party and candidate for Prime Minister Pedro Nuno Santos condemned the aggression reported by voting this morning in Telheiras, in the Metropolitan Region of Lisbon. “We have to respond firmly against any kind of violence and aggression”, said the candidate.
The president of the arrival, André Ventura, also condemned the act of violence. “Our form of revolt is the vote, it is neither with aggressiveness nor with improper behaviors”, He said in an interview with newspapers of Portugal.
Elections in Portugal
AD, a center-right coalition formed by the (Social Democratic Party) and the (popular social-partner democratic center), leads the legislative elections of Portugal, held on Sunday (18.MAI.2025). With 72.34% of the ballot boxess until 16h45 (Brasília time), the coalition headed by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro (PSD) is with 13 chairs in the Assembly of the Republic.
