Marcelo pays homage to Maria José Nogueira Pinto. "What we miss is doing us"

The President of the Republic on Thursday reminded former MP Maria José Nogueira Pinto, considering that Portugal lacks struggles for human dignity, for life, for the right to health and for freedom in the country. # 39; education. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa paid tribute to the former parliamentary leader of the CDS-PP during the award ceremony that bears his name and distinguishes the projects of "active social responsibility" at the Casa-Museu. Medeiros e Almeida of Lisbon [19659002] "What we miss, is Maria José Nogueira Pinto, who lacks in the struggle for the dignity of the human person, for life, for the difference, for the freedom of 39, be politically incorrect, freedom in education, social security, "said the head of state.

In this presentation of the Maria José Nogueira Pinto Prize were her husband, the political scientist Jaime Nogueira Pinto, the president of the CDS-PP, Assunção Cristas, the Minister of Health, Adalberto Campo Fernandes, the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon, Manuel Clemente , and the wife of the former President of the Republic, Maria Cavaco Silva, among others.

"What is missing in the defense of independence before the powers, all, economic, political, social, communicational, reason, the richness of the argument, the civility of the debate" , said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, "who lacks in the depth of personal and social sensitivity, in the rigor of loyalty, in the constancy of friendship."

The President of the Republic stated that "Almost seven years" passed without Maria José Nogueira Pinto, a former MP elected by the CDS-PP and later independent on PSD lists, who died on July 6, 2011, at the age of 59.

"Every day that we spend more and more we miss, we all feel, Portuguese, not just a group, a region, a quadrant," he says, "otherwise our discussion of ideas has become more empty, because without it, our democracy became more limited, because without it Portugal became poorer. "

At the end of his little speech, the head of state, Catholic practicing, added:" We believe some between us that from eternity we are illuminating our steps ".
According to him, "even those who do not believe in eternity" believe "that their example, far from being extinct, is only growing in this time and beyond."

"It's simple what Maria José Nogueira Pinto We must do everything, for each of them, to maintain his legacy: to honor the country, to honor democracy, to respect people and the person, always build life, nurture hope, give strength to love, "he concluded.