Threats to take National Election Commission to Court

After his bluff that he would take the Election Law to the European Court the President of Madeira yesterday threatened to install criminal proceedings against the National Election Commission if it offends citizens’ rights and freedoms. Jardim seeks to condition the intervention of the Commission in order to allow him to turn official tax-payer-paid state events into party-political rallies, in violation of the election law –as he has done in the past 33 years that he has been in power. The President of the Republic, Cavaco Silva, remains silent on the matter.