The President of the Republic was convinced this Tuesday that “there will be no cause for great surprise” in the discussion phase in the specialty of the State Budget for 2025 and the document will be approved in final vote on November 29.
“If you compare the various amendment proposals, specifically with the proposals of the main opposition party, I would say that, even in the specialty, there will probably be no reason for a big surprise,” said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on the sidelines of the conference. Presentation of the COTEC PME -BPI 2024 Innovation Award, in Porto.
After stating that he did not want to intervene in the budget process, which he considered “very long”, and now entering the final decision process, the Head of State was convinced that the Government’s proposal will be approved by Parliament, in a Vote final global, on the 29th.
“I have a conviction: it is that in essence what was the approval of the State Budget is acquired, it is acquired with the vote in general and I am convinced that it will be achieved with the final global vote.“, he pointed out.
After the PS announced that it will allow the budget to be approved by abstaining in the final vote on the 29th, as it did with the general vote, doubts now arise about the proposed changes in the specialty, that is, whether the accounts will change. of the Government.
Voting on the specialty begins next Friday and will culminate with the final global vote on the document on November 29.
Parties with parliamentary seats have so far presented 2,161 proposals to amend the State Budget for 2025 (OE2025), once again breaking the record of 2,123 proposals delivered at the end of the day on Friday.
Last year a record was set: parties submitted 1,864 amendment proposals. This year, deputies once again reached a new high.
Source: Observadora
