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The movement in favor of bullfights in Povoa de Varzim after the RTP race, held last night, decided to hold a petition against the ban on bullfighting shows in the city recently decided by the self-rule povense. To use the platforms on the Internet for this purpose, fans were Friday night near the poveira bullring, which hosted one of the last authorized races, to collect signatures to show their dissatisfaction with the decision.
" Our position is that of freedom, those who like it have the right to see, those who do not like do not need to enter. Membership of the mass poveiros to this show shows that there are many people against the position of the autarchy.Rui Porto Maia, one of the leaders of the movement
L & # 39; 39, amateur, natural and resident of the city, recalled that " the arenas of Póvoa de Varzim are almost 70 years old and are known" " We want, with this petition, to show the will peoples of the region of the poveiros and that autarchy is deceived, because it is an activity with a tradition of many years in the city ", said Rui Porto Maia [19659002] The head of the movement felt that it is the responsibility of the Protero-Portuguese Federation of Tauromaquia
" It is something that violates our constitution, which d that bullfighting is part of Portuguese culture. and that neither the state nor the local authorities can prohibit it. "
Contrary to this opinion, there were also, on Friday night, dozens of people in the vicinity of the Póvoa de Varzim arena demonstrate
At this event, which took place without incident, the protesters welcomed the decision of the municipality to have declared the end of the bullfighting shows in the city, but wished a decision " " We applaud the decision of the end of bullfights in Póvoa of Varzim from January 2019, but we consider that it should already enter into force.We are not convinced that this year two races will take place on this square ", said Bebiana Cunha, holding a flag Party of Animals and Nature (PAN).
The protester recalled that the decision taken by the Póvoa de Varzim " will cause the entire metropolitan area of Porto to lose blood by the next year .
" After Espinho has closed the place, Póvoa de Varzim will reconvert yours, as Viana do Castelo has already done. It's a medieval show that should have ended now. We can not accept to call culture something that inflicts pain on an animal "emphasizes Bebiana Cunha.
The anti-corrida protester considered " it is important to continue to raise awareness in this county as well as in others, to put an end to this kind of entertainment that promotes violence against animals . "
The executive of the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, led by the PSD, unanimously approved in June a proposal for the prohibition of the holding of bullfights and other executions involving animal violence in the area of the municipality . "
The document has already been ratified by the local municipal assembly in July, by majority of parties with representation in the body
CDS members voted against the proposal, as well as three elements of the PSD magistracy, the majority force in the county council, in a position, nevertheless, insufficient to block the approval of the point, with PS favorable votes , CDU, BE, PAN and the remaining PSD bench.
Text: Lusa
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