For Portugal soccer, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is over, but the ball is still rolling inside parliament. That’s after Elimination of the Portugal team, Parliament decided to hold a referendum against hosting the World Cup in Qatar. The plan presented by PAN was approved with votes in favor of almost all parties, including the PS bench, after its general secretary and prime minister visited Qatar more than once to watch the games of the selection. The sentence was approved with votes in favor of IL, PCP, BE, PAN, PS and Livre. PSD abstained and Sega voted against the conviction.
At the end of the vote, PS Parliamentary Committee President Yuriko Brillant Diaz announced that he would issue a written declaration of vote on behalf of the Socialist Group.
In its draft resolution, Ban highlighted to Qatar “strong suspicions of corruption in the process of organizing the World Cup, involving senior officials of FIFA, UEFA and politicians, gross human rights violations, exploitation of workers. Migrants to build stadiumsViolations of the rights of women and the LGBTI+ community, as well as the severance of diplomatic relations and environmental damage issues” and FIFA should be held accountable.
In addition to the deaths of more than 6,500 workers building the stadiums and infrastructure, according to data from organizations such as Human Rights Watch, “Qatar is a country where homosexuality is punishable by one to three years in prison, flagellation or death outside of same-sex marriage, and women who report being raped have consensual sex.” may be charged,” he added. “Yet, despite all the human rights violations, the President, the President and the President and the Government went to Qatar to watch the matches of the Portuguese national team in the World Cup, which is incomprehensible from the point of view of Pan”, read the speech presented on November 18 and approved this Friday.
The debate on the visit of the Portuguese political delegation to Qatar to watch the group stage matches of the 2022 World Cup has already been discussed in the Parliament. .
Despite criticism by some parliamentary committees and Some civil society organizationsAll three individuals ended up traveling to Qatar on behalf of the Republic. “To keep tradition”🇧🇷 And they’re not the only ones. When he was Prime Minister Unable to travel due to health reasonsHe guaranteed that he would be replaced by Ana Caterina Mendes, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and in charge of the Sports Department.
On the date of the trip to Portugal’s opening match at the tournament, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said “Qatar does not respect human rights” but played down the centrality of the issue during the tournament. “Qatar does not respect human rights. Construction of all stadiums and so on, but, let’s forget about that. It’s objectionable, but let’s focus on the team. We started well and finished high,” he declared.