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Originally Posted by Elsa M.

Sol

The on-line petition to declare February 1st a national mourning day for King D. Carlos and Prince D. Luís Filipe has already reached 4000 signatures (necessary to make the parliament vote the proposal in plenary assembly).
António de Sousa Cardoso (president of the Royal Cause) says that "this day has just a symbolic intention and it's the chance the Portuguese State has to honour the memory of a King, who was the head of a Democratic State". The president of the RAM clarifies: "we only intend that the national flag may be symbolically placed in signal of respect; we do not want a holiday; only a sign of respec for the death of a constitutional sovereign". And he adds: "We hope this petition to excite a debate around the politic regime", so that a referendum may take place in the future.

On February 1st is also expected a concentration in the Terreiro do Paço, at 5PM, for which all those "who disapprove violence" are invited. At 7 PM, in the Church of S. Vicente de Fora (the Royal Pantheon), the Cardinal of Lisbon, D. José Policarpo, will preside over a solemn Requiem.

Great Informations, Elsa !!
Thanks! I'll try to be there.