The mayor of Portalegre, Fermelinda Carvalho, stated during the inauguration of the Onion Fair that the country's interior does not need political charity, but rather justice. The mayor advocated that interior regions should be treated equitably.
Fermelinda Carvalho's statement comes in the context of the Onion Fair, an event held in Portalegre. The president of the municipal council used the occasion to call for fairer treatment of Portugal's interior regions.
Fermelinda Carvalho's appeal focuses on the need to recognize the needs of interior populations, rejecting the idea that these regions should depend on gestures of political charity. The mayor advocates that these communities deserve structural responses and not piecemeal measures.




