Manuel de Almeida / Lusa
Assembly of the Republic has a reduced activity until the inauguration of the new deputies. During this period, only the Permanent Commission, which will still discuss the CPI in the case of the twins.
Legislative elections take place on May 18, but anyone who wants to benefit from the early vote, in mobility, should express it between May 4 and 8. Voting newsletters will be sent to the presidents of the municipalities through the security forces between May 6 and 10 and the vote will be held on the day May 11seven days before Legislative Day, according to the calendar released Thursday by the National Elections Commission (CNE).
The President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has officially dissolved Parliament. Until the elections, the Assembly of the Republic has a reduced activity until the inauguration of the new deputies. During this period, only the Permanent Commission, led by the President of the Assembly, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, will operate. But how does it work and what powers do this commission have?
This parliamentary body consisting of 49 deputies will have a small number of deputies and limited powers. Dissolution also implies the suspension of all legislative initiatives that had not been approved in plenary. Parliamentary committees, plenary meetings and auditions to rulers will be canceled.
The distribution of places to the deputies of each party follows a criterion of representativeness: the PSD has 16 deputies, an equal number than the PS, the arrival with 10, the IL with two and the remaining parties with one.
Despite these restrictions, the Leaders Conference decided to maintain the Solemn Session of April 25. O Final Report of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) in the case of the Portuguese-Brazilian twins It will also be discussed in the Permanent Commission.
O vote for hospitalized and prisoners It should be requested until April 28, and these citizens may vote between May 5 and 8.
A election campaign It starts on May 4th and ends on May 16th.
Already the candidacies The presidency must be presented by April 7, until the 41st day prior to the date of the elections, to the President Judge of the County Court based in the capital of the electoral circle. On April 8, the day after the deadline for the presentation of candidates, will be drawn the order of candidacies in the voting newsletters, says the document released by the CNE.
