The Constitutional Court received a request for the dissolution of the Chega party, confirmed Judge Maria Benedita Urbano. The magistrate spoke to journalists on the sidelines of an event, thus disclosing the existence of this request before the court.
Maria Benedita Urbano emphasized that it is "very difficult to ban a party and say it is fascist". The judge acknowledged the complexity of classifying a political party based on this ideological designation.
The article does not specify who submitted the request for the dissolution of Chega nor when this occurred. The arguments invoked in the request are also not mentioned.
The news comes in a context of political debate about Chega's position in the Portuguese political spectrum and about possible legal mechanisms to ban parties that are considered a threat to democracy.
