Enough deputy who defends that there is no racism in Portugal says he is a victim of racism in Parliament
Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro is known for academic publications in which he argues that there is no racism in the country, a position he also publicly assumes.
The deputy who arrives at the Assembly of the Republic Mithá Ribeiro chose this Thursday that he was not elected vice-president of the Assembly of the Republic for a “racial quest”. “I was rejected in a country and a regime that has been saying for decades that it fights racism,” said Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro, at a press conference in Passos Perdidos, after his name was rejected by the Assembly of the Republic.
The deputy 37 votes in favour, 177 white, the 11 nulos elected from the 116 deputies can obtain an absolute majority and be elected vice president. Arriving to start voting for the vice-presidency of the Assembly of the Republic Diogo Pacheco de Amorim, who is waiting to present it will present with 35 votes, 13 blank and six null.
Gabriel Mitha Ribeiro, who spoke about the party’s president, André Ventura, said he could not “stop adding the racial issue later in this episode”. “This has to have a racial interpretation,” he argued.
Gabriel Mithá Ribeiro is known for academic publications in which he argues that there is no racism in Portugal, a position he also publicly assumes. In view of the statements he made, the deputy was questioned several times by journalists about whether then they assume that there is racism in Portugal and whether the ‘lead’ for the vice-presidency of the Assembly of the Republic is related to that.
The deputy did not respond directly to any of the questions. “I say that racism is a historical phenomenon that has since been overcome, but those who are filling the discourse that racism exists at the moment of truth this”, said the deputy.
The deputy, originally from Mozambique, said there is a difference that people belong to a person who is treated as a black minority and is less understood between policies – or at least different policies with some differences. If a person is black and is politically neutral, he tends to own the institutions. If a person is treated on the right, he is treated, and excuse the force of expression, as without the blacks”.