A leadership conference will meet on Friday to discuss “the possible consequences for parliamentary work as a result of the decision of the President of the Republic” following the resignation of the prime minister, an official parliament source told Luse on Wednesday.
According to the office of the President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, the meeting will take place on Friday morning and will aim to assess the impact that the political crisis that began on Tuesday could have on the work of parliament.
This meeting will take place the day after the message to the country, which the President of the Republic has already announced that he will do on Thursday, after hearing the State Council, in which he called for the possible dissolution of parliament.
On the agenda of the parliament, where the state budget is discussed in the specialty, only a meeting of the leaders’ conference is scheduled for the 14th of this month.
Prime Minister António Costa asked the President of the Republic to resign on Tuesday, and he accepted the offer.
Antonio Costa became the target of a Justice Department investigation in the Supreme Court after suspects in a lithium and hydrogen business case named him because he intervened to unblock procedures in the projects under investigation.
This Wednesday, the President convened the parties for a round of hearings at the Belém Palace in Lisbon and will meet with the Council of State on Thursday, the day he is due to address the country.
António Costa refused to commit “any illegal or reprehensible act” and expressed his full readiness to cooperate with the courts “in whatever he deems necessary.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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