Carneiro wants another national holiday (on the 1st of Portugal)

José Luís Carneiro defended this Sunday in Guimarães that June 24, the Battle of St. Mamede, be a national holiday.

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No, it is not because of St. John, the popular saint who already makes this municipal holiday date in cities such as Porto and Braga.

On that day, in 1128, the historic Battle of São Mamedeon the outskirts of Guimarães.

For many, this date is the “Day 1 of Portugal”, The beginning of the foundation of our country.

In the famous battle, D. Afonso Henriques He defeated his mother, D. Teresa, who, with the Galician lover, was trying to seize Portucalense County. Victory in São Mamede paved the way for Independence of the Kingdom.

In 1139, D. Afonso Henriques self-proclaimed King of Portugal, a Statute reinforced in 1143 by the officially recognized in 1179, by Pope Alexander III.

This Sunday, curiously 882 years after the signing of the Treaty of Zamora – -the PS secretary -general defended that day June 24 should also be a national holiday.

“I want to tell you that we already have a commitment to the future. In 2028 it will be 900 years old about the Battle of St. Mamede, which was inducer of what was the first foundation of Portuguese nationality and said António Magalhães [antigo presidente da câmara]Domingos Bragança [atual presidente da câmara] And now Ricardo Costa [candidato do PS] what It is time for us to devote a day of national holiday to the day of the founding of our country“, These.

José Luís Carneiro This afternoon spoke at the PS’s municipal rally in Guimarães and defended from the stage this aspiration of the municipality led by the socialists. For the PS leader, “It’s fair and it’s a tribute who today continues to make Guimarães one of the most entrepreneurial cities in the country. ”

“An economy that creates wealth from innovation. It has already been referenced by Fernando Medina [ex-ministro do PS que hoje se juntou à campanha] That the economy we believe in the country is a knowledge -based knowledge -based economy, ”he praised.

This is the reason, according to Carneiro, for which the PS believes “in teaching, education, the qualification of the Portuguese and the Portuguese”.

“Because more qualified people, people better prepared to face the challenges of the future are people who contribute to social development, but also contribute to a new knowledge -based economy,” he said.