Asked whether the police reacted disproportionately and whether the protest went beyond the limits of a peaceful gathering, he said the event should be analyzed in three separate stages.

“First is the initial tension, which in these cases is justified, because this is not a summer day, but a situation of anger. Second comes the escalation, when clashes begin, and that is where the individual responsibility of each protester comes into play in relation to the law and the actions they take,” Karamuço said.

He underlined that for every action carried out during the protest, each person bears individual responsibility, both in relation to the police and to other citizens.

“And third, which I do not forgive and will never forgive, is the destabilization of the country,” he stressed.

Karamuço added that this is precisely his main concern, while the first two phases, in his view, do not constitute a reason for alarm.

“I am not worried about the first two. I am calm about only one thing: that it does not cross into the destabilization of the country. Many of those who take to the streets in protests today did not live through ’97 and do not know what happens when the country falls into instability,” he said.

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