FILE PHOTO: A window with bars is seen inside a cell at the former political prison in Peniche, Portugal July 31, 2018. Picture taken July 31, 2018. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament voted on Wednesday to condemn a plan by a the hometown of the late dictator Antonio Oliveira Salazar to open a museum dedicated to his New State regime after complaints from former political prisoners and anti-fascist activists.
Local authorities in Santa Comba Dao insist the museum is not designed to glorify Salazar, who still divides opinions in Portugal more than five decades after his death.
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