Filipe Melo, Chega deputy, has been at the center of several controversies
The incident with the signing in the name of socialist Eva Cruzeiro reignited the debate about the lack of disrespect among deputies and a possible revision of the code of conduct.
The parties are considering reviewing the Code of Conduct for deputies after another regrettable episode took place in the Assembly of the Republic this week, with socialist Eva Cruzeiro discovering that she was in the Constitutional Affairs Committee’s attendance book. In the space reserved for your name “Evita Perón” appeareddespite the deputy not being present at the meeting.
This most recent case joins other incidents mainly involving Chega parliamentarians and has already led several benches to defend an urgent review of the Code of Conduct and parliamentary rules.
Eva Cruzeiro states that she has never seen anything similar “neither during school nor nursery times”. This is not the first time that the deputy has complained about the behavior of her colleagues, having in October accused Filipe Melo, from Chega, of making xenophobic comments and ““.
The case of the false signature was referred to the Transparency and Statute of Deputies Commission, which is also analyzing another complaint filed against Filipe Melo by socialist Isabel Moreira for having him during a session.
The PS is not the only party with pending complaints, with PAN deputy Inês Sousa Real awaiting the decision on the complaint made against Rita Matias and Rodrigo Taxa, who are said to have called him . Livre, BE and PCP also agree with the need to reinforce disciplinary mechanisms, although they recognize that current instruments, if applied rigorously, would already make it possible to stop some situations.
The debate gained even more strength after complaints from parliamentary officials who claim to have been target of disrespectful behavior by Chega deputies.
The review of the rules of parliamentary conduct is discussed for several legislaturesbut without consensus. In 2022, the left defended pecuniary sanctions, while the right was reticent. Now, given the succession of incidents, the openness in the PSD and the Liberal Initiative to reform the Code of Conduct also seems to be growing.
