Next Tuesday’s meeting between the Prime Minister, António Costa, and the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has already ended and lasted less than two days. According to SIC Notícias, Costa proposed a replacement for João Galamba for the infrastructure portfolio in Belém. The meeting takes place a day after Galamba, one of the defendants in the ‘Influencer’ operation, submitted his resignation.
After the Council of State, Costa met again today with Marcelo in Belém, and the two will meet again this week during the visit to Guinea-Bissau, where they will take part in the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence .
However, the Conference of Leaders has scheduled a preparatory debate for the European Council on December 11, which will be attended by the Prime Minister, António Costa.
At the end of the meeting that took place this afternoon, the spokesperson of the Leaders’ Conference indicated that on December 11, a Monday, exceptionally, a plenary meeting will take place in the morning, before the preparatory debate of the European Council that will take place at the end of that afternoon.week.
Maria da Luz Rosinha (PS) indicated that, “in order to have the presence of the Prime Minister”, the appointment had to take place before Monday.
To do this, the Prime Minister must attend the General Assembly of the Republic on November 29, to conclude the debate on the 2024 state budget.
Proposals for a government law were planned for the 30th, including on changing the legal regimes of the citizen card, the digital mobile key and the voter registration, another law that aims to establish the legal interpretation regarding counting for the purpose of retirement after the holders of government positions to cease these positions and resume their professional lives, and also the transposition of a European directive on the introduction of certain obligations applicable to payment service providers in view of the combating VAT fraud in electronic commerce.
Last week, the President of the Assembly of the Republic assured that Parliament will continue to monitor the government until its dissolution, scheduled for January 15, but without biweekly debates with the Prime Minister or ministers, and that European debates could be held.
The Prime Minister announced his resignation on December 7, and the President of the Republic appointed the formalization in early December, with the publication of the relevant decree.
The laws proposed by the government will expire when the decree is published.
Asked whether parliament had any indication on the specific date for the publication of the dismissal decree, the leadership conference spokeswoman said no, but said that “caution had been exercised” in planning the government’s bills as the ” safe date’ for this to happen” has not yet been announced.
The leadership conference today set the schedules between November 30 and December 21.
Deputy Maria da Luz Rosinha indicated that the election of a judge to the Constitutional Court could take place on the 29th, stating that “if the conditions are met, this will happen”.
Chega parliamentary days are planned for December 5 and 6, followed by several debates by the parties.
On the 7th there will be an inquiry from BE on negotiations with health professionals, on the 13th a potential PAN scheme, the next day from the PSD and the 15th from the IL. On the 19th there is a program for Livre, on the 20th for PCP and the next day for Chega, where no themes are indicated.
The next leadership conference is scheduled for November 30.
Maria da Luz Rosinha said there are still no appointments for January, which will be reanalyzed at that time.
Source: DN
