The Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira has scheduled the creation of a new regional parliament for next Wednesday as a result of Sunday’s elections, and the XV regional PSD government will take office the next day, as announced this Wednesday.
According to a message published after the committee meeting, the establishment of the Regional Assembly will take place at 10:00 on June 5, followed by elections for the Bureau of the Parliament of the XIV Legislative Assembly (in the first legislature of the archipelago there were two regional governments, hence the number of leaders is higher).
The PSD, the party with the most votes (without an absolute majority) and which will form the government, has already announced that it will nominate José Manuel Rodríguez (CDS-PP) for the presidency of the Legislative Assembly. Christian Democrat has been running since 2019.
On the 6th, in front of the Legislative Assembly, the XV Regional Government of Madeira will also take office, led by Social Democrat Miguel Albuquerque, in a ceremony scheduled for 11:00 in the Noble Hall of the Parliament of Madeira.
“The preparation of two inaugural acts will be carried out on June 4 by the Standing Committee and the Committee on Rules and Mandates, which will check the mandates of the elected deputies,” the note says.
According to the president of the island parliament, José Manuel Rodríguez, quoted in the information, “this reduction in terms and this sequence of regimental and legislative procedures is due to the need to normalize regional political life,” and the executive was quickly sworn in. c, approve the budget “before the parliamentary recess.”
The Madeira Parliament consists of 47 deputies and will now have seven party forces represented, two fewer than in the previous legislature, with the PCP and BE removed.
The PSD elected 19 deputies on Sunday and entered into a parliamentary propaganda agreement – formalized this Wednesday – with the CDS-PP, which has two deputies.
After the PS and JPP (which together have 20 elected officials) proposed an alternative to the government, the representative of the Republic of Madeira, Ireneu Barreto, who listened to all parliamentary forces, announced on Tuesday that this Wednesday he will nominate Miguel Albuquerque for the post of President of the Executive . .
The President-designate believes that, despite being in a minority, the regional government will have the stability to carry out the legislative body, although, with the exception of the SDS-NP, it has no guarantee of support from the rest of the forces with parliamentary power. Representative offices: PS, JPP, Chega (four), IL (one) and PAN (one).
The PSD and SDS managed to govern with an absolute majority in the last two legislatures (2019–2023 and 2023–2024, in the second case with the parliamentary support of the MHP), but they destroyed the coalition when there was a political crisis that led to early elections.
At the end of January, Miguel Albuquerque, who had led the regional government since 2015, was accused and eventually resigned after withdrawing political confidence from the PAN. The manager has been in management since the beginning of February. The legal case is still under investigation.
At a meeting this Wednesday, the Standing Committee, at the request of the national executive, also gave a positive opinion on the bill, which “authorizes the government to change the IRS Jovem to a maximum rate of 15% for young people under 35 years of age.” by introducing amendments to the Personal Income Tax Code.”
At the same time, only the PCP deputy abstained, mentioned José Manuel Rodríguez.
Positive views were also given to the bill, which “authorizes the government to exempt from the onerous municipal transfer tax (IMT) and stamp tax the purchase of own and permanent homes by young people under the age of 35 by amending the Municipal Tax Code on onerous transfer of property and stamp duty”. tax code”
Although the opinion was positive, the Legislative Assembly of Madeira states that “in the autonomous regions, the maximum purchase price of real estate should be increased by 35% in order to provide tax exemption even for elderly people who are building or buying their first home.” “, said the Chairman of Parliament.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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