The Association 25 April condemned the repressive actions and unacceptable provocations of power against protesters for the right to housing, highlighting the non-violent form of protests and calling for pacification.
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08/11/2026
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Lusa
A Today, the 25 April Association condemned the “inadmissible provocations” of power and the “repressive and unacceptable” actions in the face of protests for the right to housing, exalting demonstrators for having managed to overcome all attacks.
“ Moved by an incomprehensible fear of the protestive movement, [power] reacted with unacceptable provocations, followed by repressive actions, all in all unacceptable and strongly condemnable ", he said, in a statement.
On the other hand, he stressed that the demonstrators reacted in a non-violent way and avoided and expelled "some provocative infiltrators".
The association thus praised the protesters for having managed to overcome the attacks they were targeted, “be they from power, be they from extremist radicals”.
In the document, signed by the April military Vasco Lourenço, who presides over the association, the president of the Lisbon City Council, Carlos Coins, is still criticized for making a “new provocation” by wanting to force the exit of the “campada” to install the Christmas market.
For the Association April 25, this decision tries to lead the protesters to situations of intransigence, “then taking arguments for new repressions”.
Vasco Lourenço asked for responsibility and called on Carlos Coins to install the Christmas market elsewhere, “collaborating for the pacification of the situation”.
The Lisbon camp for housing decided today to keep the tents in Rossio during the night, leaving open the possibility of demobilization on Sunday.
The decision, taken in plenary of delegates by mandate of the popular assembly, arose following a proposal from Renata Cambra – the face of Rossio’s “legitimate sense” after a judicial decision – that the tents be removed tonight.
Renata Cambra suggested that the tents be removed tonight and that by next Wednesday another place be decided for the camp. And he also alerted a possible police entrance to the scene to remove the tents.
The proposal was not consensual and after much discussion ended up being referred to the plenary of delegates, a smaller group of campers, who voted to stay on site tonight.
The 25 April Association was founded in 1982 by officers of the permanent staff of the armed forces.