Dismissal or threat of dismissal

Anyone who dismisses or threatens to dismiss someone from their employment, impedes or threatens to impede someone from obtaining employment, or imposes or threatens to impose any other sanction in order to ensure that he votes or refrains from voting for, or because he did vote or refrain from voting for, a certain list of candidates, or because he participated or refrained from participating in the election campaign, shall be punished by a prison term of up to two years and a fine of between five thousand and twenty thousand escudos, without prejudice to the nullity of the sanction imposed on the employee and the latter’s automatic reinstatement if the dismissal has already taken effect.