The Constitutional Court received a request for the dissolution of the Chega party, constituting the first petition based on alleged political extremism. Justice advisor Maria Benedita Urbano confirmed receipt of the request, emphasizing that it is "very difficult" to determine whether a political party is fascist.
In February, lawyer António Garcia Pereira reinforced before the Public Ministry the request for the legal mechanisms for the dissolution of Chega to be activated, considering that the party led by André Ventura violates the Constitution.
According to the newspaper Observador, Pereira had filed an initial complaint against Chega in October, thus initiating the process that has now reached the Constitutional Court. The lawyer argues that the party would violate fundamental constitutional principles.
The case raises questions about the limits of freedom of political organization and about the criteria used to classify a party as extremist, at a time when Chega has consolidated itself as one of the main political forces in Portugal.
