“Tomorrow [quarta-feira] the vote on the state budget ends and from that moment on, as I said, at the beginning of December the dismissal decision of the government will follow and the government will become a management government,” Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa told journalists at the Portuguese Catholic Church. University, in Lisbon.

“It will be in the first days of December. And therefore you will know when this happens,” the head of state added, without specifying a date.

The resignation of the government “as a result of the acceptance of the resignation offered by the Prime Minister” is made official by decree signed by the President of the Republic and published in the Official Gazette.

According to Article 186, paragraph 5 of the Constitution, “the government, after its resignation, shall limit itself to carrying out acts strictly necessary to ensure the management of public affairs.”

The Prime Minister, António Costa, submitted his resignation to the President of the Republic on November 7, due to a judicial investigation into the installation of a data center in Sines and lithium and hydrogen companies, which prompted the Public Prosecutor’s Office to launch an independent investigation at the Supreme Court where he is targeted.

The head of state immediately accepted the prime minister’s resignation, albeit without formalizing it, and announced two days later that he will dissolve parliament and schedule early parliamentary elections on March 10, after electing the parties with parliamentary seats and the Council of State have heard.

In de mededeling die hij op 9 november aan het land deed, legde Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa uit dat hij had besloten het formele proces van het ontslag van de regering uit te stellen tot “begin december”, om de definitieve goedkeuring van de staatsbegroting voor 2023 en de opname ervan mogelijk te maken. in operation .

Article 195, paragraph 1, paragraph b) of the Constitution provides that “the acceptance by the President of the Republic of the resignation offered by the Prime Minister” is one of the circumstances “entailing the resignation of the Government”.