Garcia Pereira, historical figure of the Portuguese Communist Party, criticized the statements of Judge Maria Benedita Urbano from the Constitutional Court, who stated she believes extreme parties should be prohibited in Portugal. Pereira considered these statements incompatible with the role of a Constitutional Court judge.
Judge Maria Benedita Urbano confirmed that the Constitutional Court received a request seeking the dissolution of the Chega party. The magistrate stated that it is very difficult to ban a party and classify it as fascist, acknowledging the legal difficulties of this type of process.
The request for the dissolution of Chega was submitted to the Constitutional Court, which will now have to analyze the request. Urbano's position generated controversy, leading Garcia Pereira to intervene publicly to criticize what he considered to be an inappropriate position by a judge of the country's highest court.
