The Council of State has approved by majority the dissolution of the Parliament of Portugal At the proposal of the president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, who will announce this Thursday the date of the new elections, probably January 30, after the Socialist Party’s 2022 budget law was rejected last week.
In a brief statement, the Presidency of Portugal has specified that the Council of State has given its favorable opinion, “by majority”, to the proposal of the president, Rebelo de Sousa, to dissolve the Assembly, after a meeting in the Palacio de la Ciudadela, in Cascais, which has lasted for five hours.
Only the councilors of State Francisco Louça, one of the founders of the Left Bloc, and Domingos Abrantes, a former communist deputy, have opposed the dissolution of Parliament, according to the newspaper ‘Expresso’
Rebelo de Sousa is scheduled to address the Portuguese this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. (local time) to announce the new date of the early elections, expected for January 30 of next year, according to Portuguese media.
Before this debate took place, the Council of State also met with the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Christine Lagarde, in a meeting in which the “decisive” role of this institution was highlighted “to maintain financial stability and strengthen credibility of the euro area “.
Last week the Parliament of Portugal rejected as planned the budget law presented by the Socialist Government of Prime Minister António Costa, who it did not finally obtain the support of the rest of the forces of the left.
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