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The Municipal Assembly of Póvoa de Varzim approved, by majority, a proposal of the executive council for the prohibition of the execution of bullfights and other shows involving animal violence in the area of the municipality.
In a session with more public opinion than usual, the discussion deserved to be debated, with several MPs advancing their arguments for and against the measure, though most of the benches voted in favor of the end of bullfights in the municipality
. of the CDS, who voted against the proposal, as well as three elements of the PSD bench, the majority force in the county council, but in a position, not enough to stop the ratification of the point, with the favorable votes of PS, CDU , BE,
At the end of the session, the President of the Municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, Social Democrat Aires Pereira, said that "this decision seems to be the most appropriate" for the time we are living.
"It was the will of the majority of the political representation in the Municipal Assembly, with which I am also in agreement. What has come to me, directly and indirectly, is that there are more people comfortable with this decision, than with the possibility that the bullfights continue to Póvoa de Varzim, "shared the mayor.
Following this decision of the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, PróToiro – Portuguese Federation of Bullfighting, announced in a statement that she "will advance with all legal means against the municipality, against the mayor and against all those who have been associated with this vile attack on the freedom of cultural performances in the county. "
" If the law itself recognizes that bullfighting is a culture, the state has the obligation to promote and ensure the access of its citizens to bullfighting. Any decision taken to restrict or prohibit access to a cultural show is unconstitutional, "said Helder Milheiro, president of PróToiro.
The statement of the association adds that" it is time for the Ministry of Culture to say what it intends to do "It is unacceptable that the government has not yet decided on these attempts at cultural prohibitions, unworthy of a democratic state, and turns a blind eye to the illegal attitudes of the local power that violates the rights and fundamental freedoms of citizens ", it can be read in the text sent
With the intention of being used legal means to overturn the decision of the municipality, Aires Pereira, president of the municipality of poveira, guaranteed that he will defend the decision taken by the local municipal assembly
"If there are people who understand that in the law this gives space for the performance of these shows, we are here to defend the position of the municipality, "he promised.
With the decision taken by the Municipal Assembly of Póvoa de Varzim, from January 2019, bullfights are banned in this northern municipality.
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