The 25th of April celebrations took place Caxias prison, in Oeiras, one of the symbols of Salazar’s dictatorship. The date was set and with a warning from the mayor of Oeiras about the dangers to democracy.
In front of people who were arrested, members of the and the International Federation, Isaltino Morais told howin your opinion, facts of the dictatorship and the achievement of democracy have been distorted.
“There is a tendency to talk about these events with extraordinary ignorance”, pointed out the municipal leader.
In the place where people and families of prisoners gathered, waiting for their release that would take place in the early hours of April 27, 74, there has been a memorial since 2020.
Isaltino Morais promised a new work of tributewith the names of more than 10 thousand political prisoners who passed through Caxias, next to Cidade do Futebol, which hopes to open in June for the municipality’s anniversary.
