The first plenary session of the Assembly of the Republic of the XVI legislature may take place on the 25th or 26th of March, if there are no complaints regarding the counting of votes abroad and if the CNE does not reach its deadlines.
The topic was discussed today at the leaders' conference meeting and, at the end, the spokesperson for this body, PS deputy Maria da Luz Rosinha, only indicated that there will be a new leaders' conference after the publication of the official results of the legislative elections in March 10th.
Parliamentary sources contacted by Lusa indicated that the date of March 25th was mentioned at the meeting as the first possible date for the first meeting of the Assembly of the Republic and March 26th as the most likely.
However, everything depends on the publication of the results in the Diário da República, as article 173 of the Constitution establishes that “the Assembly of the Republic meets in its own right on the third day after the calculation of the general results of the elections”.
This publication, in turn, depends on whether or not there are resources on the vote count – which should end on March 20th – and whether or not the National Elections Commission (CNE) exhausts the maximum publication period, which is eight days.
Without complaints, but with the CNE running out of publication deadline, the first meeting of the new parliament of the 1th legislature could only take place after Easter, on April XNUMXst.
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