The Political Commission of the Federation of Urban Territories of Lisbon (FAUL) PS will meet next Monday to present and approve the socialist list of parliamentary candidates for the next legislative elections.
As with the FAUL, which is scheduled to meet at 6pm on Monday, most socialist federations are expected to meet on the same day to select parliamentary candidates for their constituencies.
According to a socialist source, a meeting of the National Political Commission of the PS, which will be responsible for the final approval of the lists of parliamentary candidates for each of the electoral districts, should take place in the middle of next week.
According to the PS’s charter, Secretary General Pedro Nuno Santos must nominate about a third of the total number of parliamentary candidates in each constituency, with the remaining two-thirds being administered by the federal structures. this political force.
According to the calendar published this Wednesday by the National Electoral Commission (CNE), candidacies for the early legislative elections scheduled for March 10 can be submitted until January 29, while coalitions between parties must be announced no later than the day before.
After the nominations for legislative elections are presented, the judge begins compiling lists the next day to organize the ballot papers and verify the authenticity of the documents and the eligibility of the candidates within two days.
Before the last day of the nomination deadline, parties and coalitions must submit their respective election budget to the Political Accounting and Finance Authority in accordance with the Party and Campaign Finance Law.