The President of the Portuguese Republic dissolves the Parliament

&amp;NewLine;<p>A week and a day after the rejection of the 2022 budget&amp;comma; the President of the Portuguese Republic has decided to dissolve the Assembly of the Republic and call elections for January 30, 2022&amp;period;&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">The President of the Portuguese Republic dissolves the Parliament<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>This is the first time in 45 years of the Assembly that the state budget has not been approved&amp;period; The rejection did not occur at any time&amp;comma; in any case&amp;comma; this is a decisive moment for the Portuguese&amp;comma; it was a decisive year in Portugal for a sustainable exit from the pandemic and the crisis &amp;lpar;&amp;&amp;num;8230&amp;semi;&amp;rpar; In a word&amp;comma; it&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;was a particularly important budget at a particularly important time for all of us"&amp;comma; he began by saying&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>According to the head of state&amp;comma; "this was not a one-off rejection&amp;comma; of circumstances&amp;comma; for minor disagreements" between the PS and the parties to its left which allowed the previous budgets&amp;comma; PCP&amp;comma; BE and ENP&amp;comma; and which have now voted against&amp;period; "It&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;was fundamental&amp;comma; of substance&amp;comma; because of greater divergences&amp;comma; in relevant social areas&amp;comma; in the budget or beyond&amp;comma; such as social security or labor legislation" he replied&amp;period; "Divergences so great that&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;they became insurmountable"&amp;comma; he stressed&amp;comma; understanding that "there was no third way"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>According to him&amp;comma; in the current circumstances&amp;comma; this result is incomprehensible to the Portuguese&amp;period; "Nothing less comprehensible&amp;comma; I think&amp;comma; for the ordinary citizen&amp;comma; who wanted the budget to be passed&amp;comma; who really&amp;semi;really expected it to be passed&amp;comma; who understood that&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;one health crisis was enough&amp;comma; another in the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;economy&amp;comma; another in society&amp;comma; and that for this reason&amp;comma; he dispensed&amp;comma; I&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;am sure&amp;comma; even more&amp;comma; than the ordinary citizen.<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The President of the Portuguese Republic defended that "in moments like this&amp;comma; there is always a solution in democracy&amp;comma; without dramatizations&amp;comma; nor fear" and that "it is part of the life proper to the life of democracy to give the word back to the people"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The installation of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;marcelo-dissolution-parlement&sol;" data-type&equals;"post" data-id&equals;"8471">new legislative election<&sol;a> is the only way for the Portuguese to meet their national representatives again&amp;comma; to decide what they want for the coming years&amp;comma; which are decisive years&amp;comma; in the effects of the pandemic&amp;comma; in volume of funds&amp;comma; to rebuild the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;economy and society"&amp;period; "And choose those who will vote as soon as possible on the budget Portugal needs" he added&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>According to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;parlamento&period;pt&sol;legislacao&sol;paginas&sol;constituicaorepublicaportuguesa&period;aspx" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Constitution<&sol;a>Early parliamentary elections must be held within 60 days of the dissolution of parliament, which can therefore only be called from December 1;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;