The centre-right government of Portugal has enacted legislation put forward by the populist Chega party to ban full-face covering veils in public in a bid to ensure that all women are afforded the rights of a modern Western society.

Portuguese President António José Seguro, a member of the Socialist Party (PS), gave the final sign-off on the “burqa law” to ban full-face coverings in public this week, despite his and all other leftist parties voting against the legislation.

However, leftist President Seguro, who serves as the largely ceremonial head of state in Lisbon, decided to put his stamp of approval on the law, proclaiming that the face…

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