The reforms to the Regulations of the Assembly of the Republic must be completed in time to be voted on in the plenary session on October 14, before the discussion of the State Budget for next year begins.
The information was transmitted to Lusa by the president of the working group that discusses this matter, the socialist Pedro Delgado Alves, who said that this term was agreed upon at the meeting this Thursday morning, in which the PAN was not present.
Our goal is to have the process ready to go to the vote on October 14,” he said, adding that some of the proposed amendments to the Regulation refer to the organization of budget hearings and could already be applied this year, if approved.
The working group will begin next week by listening to the information technology division of the Assembly of the Republic about the proposals of some parties to considerably increase the number of electronic votes in parliament, and assess their technical feasibility.
Then, a text containing all the agreed and reiterated proposals will be drawn up, maintaining a comparison of what was not agreed upon between the different benches and deputies, with votes in the working group starting at the end of September.
Before the parliamentary holidays, the The deputies expressed their ambition that the amendments to the Rules of Procedure could be voted on in the first plenary session.already on September 14, but the multiplication of parliamentary sessions (of three benches, in the coming weeks) and other working groups made this objective unfeasible.
Even that date had already resulted from a request for postponement by the PSD, which had the favorable vote of the PS, for which the conclusion of the works, initially planned to be completed in time for the vote in the last month, was postponed until September. previous plenary. holidays, July 21.
Parliament postpones the revision of the Regulation until September at the request of the PSD and with the approval of the PS
This request was approved on July 15 with votes in favor of PSD and PS, against Chega and abstention of IL, BE, PCP, Livre and PAN.
This process of reviewing the Regulations has as its central point the review of the models of parliamentary debates with the President of the Government, with proposals from all the benches, the majority to re-establish the fortnightly discussions that ended in 2020 by agreement between PS and PSD.
Source: Observadora
