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The president of the Assembly of the Republic consulted the members of the leaders’ conference about a possible postponement of the fortnightly debate with the prime minister, Luís Montenegro, and SIC knows that all parties accepted.
The fortnightly debate scheduled for this afternoon was postponed, after all parties accepted Aguiar-Branco’s proposal.
The president of the Assembly of the Republic consulted the members of the leaders’ conference about a possible postponement of the fortnightly debate with the prime minister, Luís Montenegro, and SIC knows that all parties accepted.
José Pedro Aguiar-Branco has been in contact with the Government and with representatives of the various parliamentary groups about the postponement of the fortnightly debate, mainly because of the .
Mondego banks at risk of collapsing
If the biweekly debate continues, it will take place one day after Maria Lúcia Amaral’s resignation from her role as Minister of Internal Administration.
Faced with the risk of the banks of the Mondego collapsing, the Coimbra City Council decided on Tuesday night to proceed with a preventive withdrawal in several areas of the municipality, which covers between 2,800 and 3,000 people, said the president of the municipality, Ana Abrunhosa, at the time.
Fifteen people have died in Portugal since January 28 following the passage of depressions Kristin, Leonardo and Marta, which also caused many hundreds of injuries and displacement.
The total or partial destruction of homes, businesses and equipment, the fall of trees and structures, the closure of roads, schools and transport services, and the cut of energy, water and communications, floods and floods are the main material consequences of the storm.
The Centro, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo and Alentejo regions are the most affected. The Government extended the calamity situation until Sunday for 68 municipalities and announced support measures of up to 2.5 billion euros.
With LUSA
