My experience of the weekend, although not my first, is very important. And what happened that I consider important, even though it wasn't my first time? Well, today, in Portugal, the Assembly of the Republic elections took place. Today, the Portuguese people voted on the other members of parliament and, of course, the head of government, the Prime Minister of Portugal.
At this very moment, I'm hearing on the news that the elections went smoothly and that, contrary to previous trends, abstention was one of the lowest for twenty years.
We've been living in a democracy since 1975, but in these almost 50 years of full freedom of choice, this general election has had a significant and important relevance for me. First of all, because of the economic stagnation that our country is experiencing, as well as policies that are certainly not leaving the Portuguese with more money at the end of the month. I'm talking about an important social group, the middle class, which is overburdened with taxes and is not seeing a significant increase in its quality of life. On the contrary, there has been a deterioration in various public services, such as schools and public health, which have tended to be transformed into public service providers only, not allowing for the opening up to private individuals and charities, such as the Misericórdias.
I feel that today we have all been invited to exercise a right that we have earned, and that we must honor by responding to the call. Not voting has never been an option for me, ever since I came of age. On only one occasion, and that was during the municipal elections, when I arrived at the polling station 10 minutes after it had closed, I always made a point of giving my opinion. I'm not satisfied with the idea that everyone is given the opportunity to express their opinion and we don't do it, and then we have to regret who represents us.
As you can see, it was a sunny, albeit chilly, day, but a few minutes later a huge downpour hit, causing me to drive my car to the polling station. In my case, it's the elementary school in my area, which was my first school! So many good memories came flooding back. Although today the school has been completely refurbished (the playground and classrooms), it still brings back so many good memories. After casting my vote, I went for a short walk and had breakfast at a regular place... It was a very different weekend from all the others. At least in my little country.
I know that tonight is the magic night of the Oscars! Which of you are planning to go along?
For the government of my country, who will take the seats of the Assembly of the Republic... A question that I hope will contribute to the good of our country and the prosperity of Portugal!
more than 40 years ago, gave me
or on the bench...
I was the only one to arrive and vote
that didn't exist in my day, as you can imagine
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you took some ood pictures, It looks pretty cool there, even though the weather is really crazy jaja 💚
Thank for the comment, @marialeovalless !
I've took them all yesterday, and you can really see how the weather was bizarre over here... Ahahah
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