Saturday, March 21, 2015

Riot police tightens security in demonstration in Lisbon – Digital Journal

Dozens of riot police tightened security in protest of customers who have subscribed commercial paper Espírito Santo Group (GES), taking place in front of the Congress Centre in Lisbon, extending the police cordon around the protesters.
 

By 13:00, several vans of Rescue Team PSP strengthened the affection safety device for expression, an arrival that was marked with applause by protesters, concentrated from 11:30 to demand money invested in commercial paper purchased in Banco Espírito Santo (BES).

“The thieves are over there [at the Congress Centre of Lisbon] and the police are doing the siege of whom was stolen” told Lusa Carlos Peixoto, one of the injured BES, referring to the participation of the Governor of the Bank of Portugal, Carlos Costa, a seminar on financial regulation and supervision that would be taking place in the former FIL.

Carlos Peixoto, 67, explained that never bought “an action or risk of product throughout its life,” stating that took money from account to subscribe commercial paper of GES because your account manager ensured that there was no risk.

Have Francisco Matos told Lusa that “lost everything”, being unable to “understand how no one is responsible for this atrocity.”

“I am available to explain the governor where I got the money with which bought this product [financial] “, said the injured citizen, visibly moved, remembering that have children and grandchildren who wanted to leave what little spare life.

Ricardo Angelo, one of the youngest in the protest that says injured by GES, increased 70% losers are people over 65 and with little financial literacy.

“All tell the same story they bought a product that was sold to them by managers without involving any risk. We do not accept capital losses, we only accept negotiation. We can not be victims of a product malfunctioning “he said.

Holding posters with phrases like” And now, as I explain to my son that should save? “,” The Presidency of the Republic defends the thieves financial system, those who defend the Portuguese? “and” Carlos Costa, a friend of Salt “, aggrieved of GES shouted words during the morning order to demand the money invested.

Digital Daily / Lusa

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