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PS and BE make joint assessment of the dangers of a constitutional revision

The BE coordinator, Mariana Mortágua, said today that her party and the PS make a common assessment of the dangers of a possible constitutional revision that may be proposed by the parties on the right.

PS and BE make joint assessment of the dangers of a constitutional revision
Notícias ao Minuto

15:06 - 23/04/24 por Lusa

Política revisão constitucional

In a press conference at the national headquarters of the Left Bloc (BE) in Lisbon, Mariana Mortágua said that "that was one of the issues discussed" in today's meeting with the PS.
According to the BE coordinator, between the two parties "there is an agreement and a common assessment regarding the dangers of a constitutional revision and not letting democracy become entangled in debates about setbacks, about loss of rights". "This assessment is joint. We will see how it translates into parliamentary space in the coming moments. A door of dialogue remains open between the two parliamentary leaderships, in this case, so that we can evaluate and articulate, on this matter as on many others", she added. Before this press conference, the BE met today at the national headquarters of the PS, thus concluding the cycle of meetings it proposed on 12 March to "open a path, a field of dialogue with the parties on the left, with the ecological parties, which oppose this right-wing government", which also included the PCP, Livre and PAN. "I would highlight as the first conclusion of these meetings a desire to prevent setbacks, namely constitutional setbacks. Portugal has made progress in affirming fundamental rights, Portugal has put itself at the forefront, in Europe, in the world, in guaranteeing rights, freedoms, and we are not willing to give up the path that has been taken so far", said Mariana Mortágua. The BE concludes from these meetings that there is "availability for articulation between parliamentary leaderships, between political leaderships, between the various parties, to coordinate their activity, firstly in opposition in parliament, but also for the future". It was a "first moment of dialogue", which the BE hopes will inaugurate "an open channel, a capacity for dialogue and conversation between these parties", for a "stronger opposition" to the PSD/CDS-PP minority government. According to Mariana Mortágua, on the other hand, the "desire for this 25 April to be a moment of enormous popular mobilisation" and of "celebration of democracy" was expressed, in which "the great democratic majority takes to the streets, in all its plurality". The XXIV Constitutional Government, formed after the legislative elections of 10 March, has the support of 80 deputies -- 78 from the PSD and 2 from the CDS-PP -- out of 230, in a parliament in which the PS has 78 seats, Chega has 50, the Liberal Initiative has 8, the BE has 5, the PCP has 4, Livre also has 4 and PAN has 1. The PCP and BE presented motions to reject the Government's Programme in the Assembly of the Republic, which were rejected on 12 April, with votes against from the PSD, Chega and CDS-PP and abstention from the PS. Read Also: PSD's proposal to change electoral system "drags on problem" (Portuguese version)

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