The President of the Assembly of the Republic, Augusto Santos Silva, said this Monday that “it has been an honor” to fulfill this role and that “whoever is” his successor “will certainly be well chosen”, wishing him “every success”.
The socialist, who was not elected in the last legislative elections by the “Beyond Europe” circle, spoke to journalists in the Assembly of the Republic after a meeting of the Conference of Leaders for the preparation of the XVI Legislative Assembly, which begins on Tuesday and in which the new President of Parliament.
Asked how he was feeling on his last day as parliament president, Santos Silva said he was feeling “very good.”
“It was an honor for me to preside over the Assembly of the Republic, to represent the Portuguese living outside Europe for two terms,” he said.
The former foreign minister added that on Tuesday he would “calmly resume” his professional activities as a professor at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Porto.
Santos Silva again refused to give advice to his successor, similar to what he had already said after an audience with the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, saying only that “he will certainly be a very qualified person who will have support.” all MPs and who will know how to apply and interpret the Standing Orders well.”
The MP refused to comment on the candidacy of former minister José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, whom the PSD nominated for the post of President of Parliament.
“Whoever it is they will certainly be well chosen and I wish them every success,” he said.
Santos Silva expressed the hope that everything “is going well and that it is a legislative body in which Parliament carries out its very important missions as a legislator, an observer of the activities of government and administration, a center of political debate in Portugal and a pluralistic representation of Portuguese people and Portuguese women wherever they are.” lived.” “.
The first session of the XVI Legislative Assembly is scheduled for Tuesday, during which the deputies elected on the 10th will take office and a new President of the Assembly of the Republic will be chosen.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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