The Movimento Acampada has decided this Sunday to extend its presence in Restauradores Square in Lisbon until next Saturday, in order to continue demanding the right to housing, after having occupied this central landmark in the Portuguese capital on Saturday at the end of a demonstration.
The group’s intention is to remain in the square until the march called by Portugal’s main trade union, the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP), which will be held to denounce the increase in the cost of living.
It is expected that next Saturday’s demonstration will end in front of the headquarters of the National Assembly, Portugal’s unicameral Parliament, where the activists plan to move and set up their tents.
By the night of this Sunday, 38 tents already had been counted as set up in Restauradores Square, after the successive evictions of the encampment that had been established in Lisbon’s Rossio Square in the past few weeks.