As of today, there are 1298 days left before the next president of the republic takes office. Three years, six months and 18 days until March 9, 2026, the day (because it is always March 9th) for Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to hand over the keys of the Palace of Belém to whoever succeeds him. […]
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The President of the Government and the President of AR congratulate Pedro Pichardo for the European title
© Christian Bruna/EPA Author: Lusa The Prime Minister, António Costa, and the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, congratulated Pedro Pichardo on Wednesday for winning the European triple jump title at the European Championships in Munich, Germany. On the social network Twitter, António Costa congratulated Pichardo, who added this medal to […]
Metadata, euthanasia and project to censor Santos Silva: the ‘hot’ topics of AR in September
The decriminalization of medically assisted death, the metadata law or the Chega project to condemn the behavior of the speaker of parliament are topics that will mark the resumption of parliamentary work in September. After the holidays, the delegates will return to the Assembly of the Republic on September 6. There are many diplomas awaiting […]
Politicians concentrate vacations in the south, with Obama, Saramago and some podcasts in their luggage
Most of the country’s main political protagonists will go on holiday to Portugal, mainly in the Algarve, with books by authors such as Barack Obama or José Saramago, but also some podcasts on science or history. According to Palácio de Belém, the president of the republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, will have “a few days […]
He’s coming. ″If AR President thinks there was illegal speech, file a complaint with the MP″
Constitutionalist Jorge Bacelar Gouveia, a former Social Democratic deputy, is emphatic: “If the Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic believes that an illegal or unconstitutional speech has been delivered by a deputy who lodges a complaint with the Public Prosecutor or the Constitutional Court.” Without commenting on the dispute between the leader of Chega […]
precedent. Enough censorship Santos Silva. Then most PS can censor Chega?
Augusto Santos Silva, Socialist Speaker of Parliament, had asked the President of the Republic (PR) 15 minutes of his time to invite him, but Marcelo resolved the request yesterday with lunch between the two at the Palácio de Belém. A luncheon that took place this Wednesday, when the PR is “invested” by Chega to take […]
Santos Silva asks the 1st Commission for advice on Chega’s resolution to censor it
In a five-page message dated today, the Speaker of Parliament indicates that he has asked the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees to “issue an opinion on the constitutional and regimental compliance” of the Chega Resolution Project,” namely, for the purpose of its admissibility”. AND justifies this decision “because of the doubts expressed […]
Conflict with AR president. Marcelo receives enough
Chega will be received by the President of the Republic this week, the head of state himself said in statements to journalists this afternoon, after a visit to Lisbon Cathedral. Marcelo has not indicated when the hearing will be certain, he only said it will be this week, Thursday or Friday. André Ventura asked the […]
Santos Silva does not rule out candidacy for Belém: “I do not reject anything”
The Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic (AR), Augusto Santos Silva, this Thursday defended his intervention in connection with Chega as a brake on hate speech and did not rule out a candidacy in the next presidential election. In an interview with RTP2, the Speaker of Parliament emphasized that he led the work “in […]
Tension between Ventura and AR chairman leads Enough to leave the plenary
The debate over the revision of the Aliens Act left Chega isolated this Thursday, causing a moment of tension with the President of the Assembly of the Republic, which culminated in the deputies of André Ventura’s party leaving the meeting room. Chega’s parliamentary bench left the plenary session of the Assembly of the Republic in […]