For the first time since February 24, the PCP used the word “invasion” to refer to the Russian war in Ukraine. Now, the party’s general secretary, Paulo Raimundo, explains the delay.
“From a technical point of view, call it what you like. The only issue that we always wanted to safeguard and that we will continue to fight for is that we are facing a war that has escalated on a large scale, but which is not solely responsible for Russia”, he said in an interview with Daniel Oliveira, for a podcast from Express.
It should be recalled that it was in his first speech as general secretary of the PCP, succeeding Jerónimo de Sousa, that Paulo Raimundo spoke of Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine. Until then, the party referred to the war as a “military operation”.
Chinese communist regime: PCP admits common goals, but different practices
In the same interview, when asked about the exploitation of workers by the Chinese communist regime, Paulo Raimundo admitted common goals but different practices and compared China with capitalist countries.
The secretary general of the PCP also says that no country has managed to put an end to hunger, as China did.
“We cannot look at these countries in the light of our culture. (…) We don’t have any capitalist country in the world that has had the objective of putting an end to hunger. And in China, regardless of how we look at it, this goal has been set and achieved”, he said.
The new general secretary of the PCP
Paulo Raimundo, 46 years old, is the fourth general secretary of the PCP in democracysucceeding Jerónimo de Sousa, who left the position for health reasons after 18 years.
The new secretary general of the party is one of five leaders who simultaneously belongs to the Central Committee, Political Commission and Secretariat. Party official since 2004, Paulo Raimundo is described by the PCP as a worker🇧🇷
Source: Sicnoticias
