“If there are exaggerations to protect people, protect themselves”

O President of the Republic, António José Seguro, today welcomed the way the authorities prepared for the passage of depression Charles through Portuguese territory on Wednesday and argued that it is essential to protect people.

“The essential thing is to protect people, and if there are exaggerations to protect people, to protect people”, declared the head of state, in response to journalists, in the Estoril Congress Centre, in the municipality of Cascais, Lisbon district.

António José Seguro pointed out that “fortunately, the worst has not happened” and considered that this is “the great news” to be celebrated, but that one should still “take lessons” from this event, for “a better preparation” in the future.

“ What I want to welcome is the way the authorities have prepared themselves for this situation. There was warning, there was caution, people protected themselves as far as their possibilities were. And fortunately, what was forecasting a storm, even with much more serious contours, did not occur. This is what we have to salute”, he added.

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