The lists of the arrival for the circles of Europe and outside Europe do not comply with the 40% of different gender candidates imposed by law. Court let it pass; And now the National Election Commission can do nothing.
The Lisbon District Court authorized arrival lists that do not fulfill with the 40% of different gender candidates imposed by lei.
According to it, they are the lists for the circles of Europe and outside Europe, consisting of four elements (two staff and two alternate). To comply with the law, they must be two of each genre.
For the circle outside of Europe, the arrival has Manuel Magno Alves as a list head; and João Júlio Window Baptista da Silva as number two. How alternates have Ana Cristina Viegas Mendes and José Carlos de Oliveira Miranda Maya.
In the circle of Europe, candidate José Dias Fernandes Maria as a head of the list; and Edite Pinto Teixeira as number two. António Israel Coelho and Nuno Miguel Soares Teixeira da Silva are the alternates.
In both cases, the arrival lists for these circles only have one woman each, which means they only have 25% of one of the genres, against the 40% imposed by law.
Despite the illegality, and having the court let this irregularity pass, the CNE reported that By now there is nothing to do.
As the weekly writes, although the criterion of the quotas is not fulfilled as defined by the law, Candidates of the arrival can be elected in the same.
Disrespected law
In the order of the court received by the party and quoted by the Express, it is said by the court that “It is understood that the law of parity was respectedconsidering that this rule applies to all the list presented ”.
However, the law was evidently disrespected: “It is meant by parity, for the purposes of applying this law, the minimum representation of 40% of each sex, rounded, whenever necessary, to the nearest unit.”.
Questioned about this irregularity, by the weekly, the CNE says nothing can do, since No Powers for List Verificationjust to publish them, when approved in court: “the lists are definitive. And that means they were approved and that there was no appeal. At this time, the CNE has no powers in this matter.”
According to the Express, the We citizens also do not fulfill this lawin the circle outside of Europe.
