The president of the republic will announce the dissolution of parliament, protecting the state budget, the newspaper reported on Wednesday. observer. Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa plans to call early legislative elections for February 2024.
This Wednesday the head of state listens all parties with representation in parliament, one day after the resignation of the prime minister. Antonio Costa understood that the suspicions falling on him as part of the Supreme Court investigation into his interference in the lithium and green hydrogen business were “incompatible with the dignity” of the position.
Until the resignation letter is published by Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in the Diário da República, the government and all ministers remain in their posts. The President of the Republic also meets with the Council of State on Thursday, the day he addresses the country for the first time since the political crisis began.