quinta-feira, 7 de abril de 2011

Jardim takes Election Law to European Court

At an official opening on Tuesday, the President of the Regional Government announced he was taking Portugal's election law to the European Court of Human Rights.

Jardim is the lead candidate for the PSD-Madeira in the June national elections, but since the election date has not yet been published, he claimed to be allowed to use official state functions for party-propaganda purposes. 

The Portuguese election law, which forbids him promoting his own Party's candidature and slating the other Parties while acting in his official capacity as head of government, is a 'fascist law', he said. It is a fascist law because it violates his right to freedom of expression and he will therefore contest it in the European Court of Human Rights.

He then proceeded with his official speech, likening the outgoing Prime Minister, Socrates, to the Portuguese dictator Salazar.

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