The President of the Angolan Parliament congratulated José Pedro Aguiar-Branco this Thursday on his election as President of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic, hoping that relations of inter-parliamentary cooperation will be strengthened during his term of office.
Carolina Cerqueira, in her message to José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, elected with a “significant majority of 161 votes,” stressed that his calm and democratic spirit are “very important” to ensure that the parliament “maintains its role as the true center of political debate.”
“I take this opportunity to express my desire that during your mandate it will be possible to strengthen relations of inter-parliamentary cooperation, hoping that henceforth the obligations and agreements signed between our countries will find new opportunities to consolidate centuries-old cooperation. “long-standing relations between our peoples,” he emphasized.
According to Carolina Cerqueira, the election of José Pedro Aguiar-Branco “sends a positive signal of the necessary political stability.”
PSD MP José Pedro Aguiar-Branco was elected president of the Assembly of the Portuguese Republic on Wednesday with 160 votes in favor, but only on the fourth attempt, after the PS and PSD announced an agreement that would see the Social Democrats preside over parliament alone for the first two sessions of the Legislature, until September 2026, and the Socialists will nominate a candidate for the rest of the Legislature.
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Source: CM Jornal
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