The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, meets this Wednesday with representatives of all parties with seats in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira and the Council of State to resolve the political crisis in the archipelago.
On Monday, the head of state convened the nine party forces, which will hold hearings at the Belem Palace in Lisbon in order of increasing parliamentary representation, starting at 10:00 and at 30-minute intervals.
The hearings start with BE, followed by PAN, IL, PCP, CDS-PP and Chega.
In the afternoon, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza meets with representatives of the JPP, at 14:00, and then with the PS and PSD.
After hearing from nine political parties, the head of state meets with the State Council.
This series of hearings comes after the President of the Republic earlier this week restored the power to dissolve the Madeira Legislative Assembly, six months having already passed since the regional elections of September 24, which the PSD/SDS-PP won without an absolute majority.
Madeira’s regional government has been in power since early February after the executive president, Social Democrat Miguel Albuquerque, resigned from his post after being accused in a trial over alleged corruption in the archipelago.
After the dismissal of Miguel Albuquerque, officially accepted on February 5 and leading to the fall of the executive director of the PSD/SDS-PP, the representative of the Republic, Ireneu Barreto, announced that he would retain control of the government of Madeira as long as the Head of State decided to dissolve the Legislative Assembly.
It is for this decision that Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will hear this Wednesday the parties represented in the Legislative Assembly of Madeira and the Council of State, as provided for in the Basic Law on the dissolution of the regional parliament.
To ensure an absolute majority in Madeira’s parliament, the PSD signed a parliamentary protection agreement after the September 24 elections with the only PAN deputy, Mónica Freitas, who refused to support the regional government led by Albuquerque until a trial began to investigate the suspects. corruption.
This position led to the resignation of the regional leader.
Most parties represented in Madeira’s parliament support early elections.
On Monday, Miguel Albuquerque said there was no justification for early elections in Madeira and announced that negotiations were in the final stages to assure the President of the Republic that the PSD/CDU-PP majority would remain with the parliamentary support of the MHP.
For the Social Democrat, his victory in the PSD/Madeira internal elections on March 21, as well as the fact that the PSD/CDU-PP coalition won regional elections six months ago and retained a majority in the last elections, national governments “legitimize” the continuation of regional coalition governance.
Also on Monday, MP Monica Freitas refused to enter into any formal agreement with the PSD, but admitted that she is ready to make the regional government program and regional budget viable if the President of the Republic decides to “maintain the current political situation and make it viable.” do not opt for early elections.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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