The peaceful, affluent residents of the Avenue Georges Mandel, the very chic block from the Trocadero, in the district number 16 of Paris, had never awakened with a start size at the time of breakfast.
At nine in the morning (8 am in Lisbon), 250 Portuguese emigrants manifested itself with several loud megaphones at the door of Paris delegation of Novo Banco this avenue, which still figures on a board, the former name – BESV Banco Espírito Santo et de la Vénétie. The delegation, usually open on Saturdays, was closed.
French police held without major problems the peaceful demonstration in which many dozens of people showed violent posters, French and Portuguese against what they called “theft” committed by “corrupt” and “thieves” with “the support of the Government and Carlos Costa (Governor of the Bank of Portugal).”
Many of those present spoke to journalists totally desperate. “They robbed us all of our economies, me and my husband, had everything in BES, 350,000 euros,” said a lady. “If my money does not give me, I come here and explode with a bottle of gas,” added a man. A man said, the megaphone: “to bring the next picks and left it all.”
Many of the protesters had about 60 years or more. All say they were misled by employees of BES. “They called me from Braga, advised me to take all of the savings account to put something else claiming to be as safe as this and that yielded more: I put there all the money and even an apartment that was sold, it was all done by phone, “he had a renovated room.
The individual stories of the protesters are all poignant and, as regards its relationship with BES, very similar – the vast majority said to have been invited by telephone to invest in new banking products, with the guaranteed employee “they are as safe as the time deposits”. All also have identical paths in emigration – most have 40/50 years of residence in France. “We saved all their lives, fartámo us to work and save, we live and we worked hard for this!” Exclaimed a gate 59.
The words on posters, were strong, similar to what was heard through megaphones: “thieves,” “swindlers”, “fascists” … A group shouted: “The people, united, will never be won “. One of the posters read: “We sent our economies for the development of our country and were robbed.”
” I left there at age seven with my parents, in misery, we live here the first time in more the miseries and with great sacrifices, worked hard, went out of misery, now we had saved some dinheirito and robbed us all. I’m willing to do anything to get my money back, do not want to go back to being poor, “said Maria Adelina, 59, a native of Leiria.
Amelia Reis, main organizer of this concentration in Paris, former loves family the Holy Spirit, with which worked between 14 and 18, ensuring that the protest movement will continue: “The next manifestation It will be June 27 and we will march from here to the embassy – only stopped when they give us our money. ”
According to banking sources contacted by Express, four thousand emigrants in France say they are injured BES. In total, they invested about 400 million euros. Worldwide, will be the eight thousand injured migrants, with global investments of around 800 million euros.
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