The Social Democratic Party (PSD) initiative to reduce plenary meetings from the current three to two per week does not meet consensus to move forward. The PSD bill on Wednesday received criticism from the parties on the left and right and even the Socialist Party (PS), which was initially receptive to “making the parliamentary work order more flexible,” expressed reservations regarding the reduction of weekly plenary sessions.
The PSD's idea is that the plenary, which meets on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, will only meet on Wednesdays and Fridays, except in the weeks when there are debates with the Government or other specials, which would become on Thursday. The bill has not yet been voted on at the meeting of the working group that is discussing the proposed amendments to the Assembly of the Republic's bylaws, but the parties have already said what their vote will be.
For the Communist Party (PCP), the current organization of work in the Assembly of the Republic generates “parliamentary stability” and “for exceptional reasons only, it should be changed”. "The suppression of a weekly plenary does not seem to be a good idea," said communist deputy António Filipe. The Left Block (BE), which was not represented in the discussion of the proposal, also guarantees that the PSD initiative will not have its adhesion.
On the right, the parliamentary leader of the CDS-PP, Telmo Correia, announced that the party is "clearly against" the proposal of the Social Democrats and that "to suppress plenaries is to suppress the possibility of debate".
The PAN and the Liberal Initiative also expressed their vote against the suppression of plenary sessions, although they agreed that more time is needed to deal with the workload of parliamentary committees, and non-registered deputy Joacine Katar Moreira considered that “it makes no sense reduce the number of plenary sessions to enhance the value of work in commissions ”.
At the end of the debate, the PS admitted only that there may be, at certain times, “a more flexible work management”, but that the PSD proposal will be “difficult” to achieve. "The regiment making it rigid that the plenaries pass to two also seems difficult to us," said socialist Pedro Delgado Alves, coordinator of the working group, to the Lusa agency, after leaving the meeting.
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The Social Democratic Party (PSD) initiative to reduce plenary meetings from the current three to two per week does not meet consensus to move forward. The PSD bill on Wednesday received criticism from the parties on the left and right and even the Socialist Party (PS), which was initially receptive to “making the parliamentary work order more flexible,” expressed reservations regarding the reduction of weekly plenary sessions.
The PSD's idea is that the plenary, which meets on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, will only meet on Wednesdays and Fridays, except in the weeks when there are debates with the Government or other specials, which would become on Thursday. The bill has not yet been voted on at the meeting of the working group that is discussing the proposed amendments to the Assembly of the Republic's bylaws, but the parties have already said what their vote will be.
For the Communist Party (PCP), the current organization of work in the Assembly of the Republic generates “parliamentary stability” and “for exceptional reasons only, it should be changed”. "The suppression of a weekly plenary does not seem to be a good idea," said communist deputy António Filipe. The Left Block (BE), which was not represented in the discussion of the proposal, also guarantees that the PSD initiative will not have its adhesion.
On the right, the parliamentary leader of the CDS-PP, Telmo Correia, announced that the party is "clearly against" the proposal of the Social Democrats and that "to suppress plenaries is to suppress the possibility of debate".
The PAN and the Liberal Initiative also expressed their vote against the suppression of plenary sessions, although they agreed that more time is needed to deal with the workload of parliamentary committees, and non-registered deputy Joacine Katar Moreira considered that “it makes no sense reduce the number of plenary sessions to enhance the value of work in commissions ”.
At the end of the debate, the PS admitted only that there may be, at certain times, “a more flexible work management”, but that the PSD proposal will be “difficult” to achieve. "The regiment making it rigid that the plenaries pass to two also seems difficult to us," said socialist Pedro Delgado Alves, coordinator of the working group, to the Lusa agency, after leaving the meeting.