Please ask the Portuguese Government to drop the creation of a
bullfighting department in the future National Council of Culture
Portugal: MATP “No bullfighting department in the future National Council of Culture”
Appeal by Movimento Anti-Touradas de Portugal
http://www.matp-online.org/
Saturday, 6th of February, 2010
The MATP – The Portuguese Anti-Bullfighting Movement is aware that the
Ministry of Culture is planning to create a bullfighting department in
the future National Council of Culture.
The purpose of this Council and its departments is to be a consulting
body to issue opinions on the investment of public funds in the field of
culture, so we must oppose that our money, which is used for promoting
Portuguese culture, may also be used for encouraging this business
focused upon humiliating and exploiting animals.
According to a recent Note, dated 2010-02-03 from the Ministry of
Culture: “The National Council of Culture is a consulting collegial body
to support the Ministry of Culture as well as its different organisms
and services, and shall function both as a plenary body and in
specialized departments as well. Its legal basis foresees the
possibility of creating new specialized departments, which prerogative
shall be used in order to create the arts and the bullfighting departments.”
So we are before something very, very serious, which is the use of
public funds for supporting an activity which is largely condemned by
the majority of the Portuguese population and of the international
community.
Time has come for us all to say NO, IT’S ENOUGH ! We do not want this
cruelty and animal abuse business, namely bullfighting, to be funded
with our money coming from our taxes!
We do not want to be accomplices in this dirty move!
Please sent an e-mail message to the Portuguese Prime Minister; to the
Chief Minister of the Council of Ministers; to the Minister of Culture;
with Cc to the Parliamentary Leaders of the 6 main political parties in
the Portuguese Parliament, requesting them to do something in order to
avoid this to go forward.
Please send your e-mails directly to the Portuguese Government through
the following addresses:
pm@pm.gov.pt;
gab.mp@mp.gov.pt;
gmc@mc.gov.pt
With Cc to the different political Parties in the Portuguese Parliament:
gp@ps.parlamento.pt;
gp_ps@ps.parlamento.pt;
gp_psd@psd.parlamento.pt;
gp_pp@pp.parlamento.pt;
bloco.esquerda@be.parlamento.pt;
gp_pcp@pcp.parlamento.pt;
pev.correio@pev.parlamento.pt;
And also with Cc to the Portuguese Anti-Bullfighting Movement:
matp@netcabo.pt