Purity says Montenegro united Portuguese against rent law

O coordinator of the Left Block today ironic, in Porto, at the start of the march for housing, that the Prime Minister fulfilled the promise to unite the country, because the Portuguese are united today against a law that attacks society.

“Luís Montenegro, when he was elected to perform the position he now performs, promised that he would unite the country and in fact I think he fulfilled that promise fully. The country is united today against this law, against this aggression to Portuguese society ", said José Manuel Pureza, who spoke to journalists in Batalha Square, in Porto, at the start of the march for housing that takes place this afternoon to Praça D. João I.

On the day when demonstrations for the right to housing take place in the country, for the bloquist leader the Prime Minister “only has one way”: “Everyone has already realized that this law is losing every day on the street, Luís Montenegro has only one way, which is the same as the work package.”.

Questioned about the presence in Porto because it was the first place where there was a police charge on the protesters of the camps. José Manuel Purez wanted to point out that “the demonstrations have occurred without violence” , stressing that “what was violent was the response of the government”.

“ He responded through the police to a demonstration that was absolutely peaceful, he said.

Congratulating to see in the streets “more and more people”, José Manuel Purez stressed that these movements and actions that demand housing are “growing”, “they are always peaceful, always large, always democratic, always convinced”.

“ I am here to join all the people who go out to fight for the right to housing I am not mistaken what the main fight is the right to housing ", said.

porto, where protests and camps began on the 10th, the start of the march was scheduled for 16:30, but suffered a delay.

It will travel the streets of the city to D. João I Square, where, by 19:30, the usual popular assembly will take place to decide whether or not tents will be set up to stay overnight in the square.

The protesters demand the reversal of the new rental law, the end of demolitions and evictions without an alternative housing, a stop to the purchase of housing by real estate funds, the increase in public housing, the recovery of vacant buildings for housing purposes and ceilings “truely accessible” to income.