On the 25th of April 1974 the Armed Forces Movement crowned the long resistance and reflected the deepest feelings of the Portuguese people by overthrowing the fascist regime.
Freeing Portugal from dictatorship, oppression and colonialism represented a revolutionary change and the beginning of an historic turning point for Portuguese society.
The Revolution restored their fundamental rights and freedoms to the people of Portugal. In the exercise of those rights and freedoms, the people’s legitimate representatives are gathered to draw up a Constitution that matches the country’s aspirations.
The Constituent Assembly affirms the Portuguese people’s decision to defend national independence, guarantee citizens’ fundamental rights, establish the basic principles of democracy, ensure the primacy of a democratic state based on the rule of law and open up a path towards a socialist society, with respect for the will of the Portuguese people and with a view to the construction of a country that is freer, more just and more fraternal.
Meeting in plenary sitting on 2 April 1976, the Constituent Assembly does hereby pass and decree the following Constitution of the Portuguese Republic:
In the preamble, but I’d say it’s mostly a left-over from the Carnation Revolution (the people had obviously very strong left aspirations back then), coupled with the fact that the term “socialism” only to marxist-leninists has a firm definition and to everyone else means different things. If you look at the constituent assembly that wrote the constitution you’ll see some parties with some left sounding names:
Not actually socialist in the leninist sense, but social-democratic at best. At the time really liked to surround itself with the æsthetics of socialism.
Repressed by and opposer of the New State. It existed even before the end of the first republic, being the oldest still existing portuguese party. It is a marxist-leninist party and had a big role in what would happen right after the 25th of April. One could accuse it of being revisionist, like some once US funded parties do, but I’m not going to do that since I do not know enough about the party.
Some other parties (CDS-PP (Democratic and Social Center - People’s Party (lol)), MDP/CDE (no longer exists), UDP (also no longer exists), ADIM (Macau is no longer a Portuguese colony)),
In the preamble, but I’d say it’s mostly a left-over from the Carnation Revolution (the people had obviously very strong left aspirations back then), coupled with the fact that the term “socialism” only to marxist-leninists has a firm definition and to everyone else means different things. If you look at the constituent assembly that wrote the constitution you’ll see some parties with some left sounding names:
Not actually socialist in the leninist sense, but social-democratic at best. At the time really liked to surround itself with the æsthetics of socialism.
Not actually social-democratic.
Repressed by and opposer of the New State. It existed even before the end of the first republic, being the oldest still existing portuguese party. It is a marxist-leninist party and had a big role in what would happen right after the 25th of April. One could accuse it of being revisionist, like some once US funded parties do, but I’m not going to do that since I do not know enough about the party.
Thank you, I never did much digging, I just found it on Wikipedia, and knew it wasn’t Socialist but that preamble gives some context