Controversy
The PNR has been accused of promoting discrimination based on racial, religious and sexual grounds and some of its propaganda of subtly inciting to violence and hatred toward certain groups such as immigrants and homosexuals. The question of whether the party should be made illegal has been, and still is, a matter of discussion in Portugal especially because the Portuguese Constitution forbids any kind of discrimination based on race, sexual orientation, gender or religion.
Although the party does not reject connections to neo-Nazi racist movements, it claims to be a target of political persecution. Several of its members have been convicted for racial discrimination and violent crimes, such as racist and political murders, after being linked to far-right armed groups such as the Portuguese Hammerskins.
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