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The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said Thursday that the renewal of the state of emergency is “necessary” taking into account the evolution of the pandemic in Portugal. The Head of State said that this Thursday the presidential decree destined to renew the state of emergency will be delivered to the Assembly of the Republic and hopes that it will be approved by the parties.
“It is necessary to renew the state of emergency. The numbers, the trend, the pressure on hospitalization and intensive care, the experience of the recent past, the increasingly long time that the measures need to be effective point to this ”, said Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, after leaving the meeting . Infarction, where the extension of the state of emergency and the impact of the containment measures taken were discussed.
After listening to the parties and health experts, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa guaranteed that the presidential decree, which proposes the renewal of the state of emergency, must be presented to the Assembly of the Republic still late, so that it can be voted on Friday . Monday in the morning. According to the Head of State, if there is a “green light” from Parliament, the execution decree will enter into force at the end of this weekend.
“I will send this afternoon to the Assembly of the Republic, taking into account what I heard from the parties and experts, the diploma to vote tomorrow, after which the Government will proceed to the approval of the executive decree that must be duly signed to enter still in force, in part, this week and, in the renewal part, from the 24th, “he said.
The President of the Republic also referred that the “challenge” of the pandemic will continue beyond the 15 days provided for in the renewal of the state of emergency, as well as “in the following weeks and months” and opened the door to new renewals after this. He also defended that “it is important to move towards specific measures”, due to the different degrees of contagion in the provinces of the continent.
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