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The President of the Republic said this Friday that the authorities will take the necessary measures when asked about the possibility of a new state of emergency.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa does not want to “speculate”, but he does not reject the scenario, guaranteeing that he is sure that whatever it takes to decide will be decided. While Portugal remains in a situation of contingency, the president asks the Portuguese to continue behaving in a preventive manner.
State budget: after pressure from the left, Marcelo speaks with the opposition
This Friday, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa also spoke about the State Budgets for 2021, a topic that he has been insisting on all week. If you started by asking the government partners to make the document viable, the left parties, now is the turn to call the main opposition party to the debate.
For the president, it is important to eliminate any scenario of political crisis caused by a budget crisis. Marcelo stressed that, if the left does not collaborate, the PSD must make the document viable.
Novo Banco: the commission of investigation falls on the deputies
Also on the agenda is the approval of the parliamentary investigation on the Novo Banco, which Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa declined to comment, leaving the work to the deputies of the Assembly of the Republic.
The proposal of the Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) to Novo Banco was approved by the Left Bloc (BE) and obeyed the consensus of all party seats in the hemicycle, while those of Chega, Liberal Initiative and PS were criticized .
Portugal registers 5 more deaths and 899 cases of Covid-19
The General Directorate of Health announced this friday the existence of a total of 1,936 deaths and 72,055 cases of covid-19 in Portugal since the start of the pandemic.
The death toll rose from 1,931 to 1,936, five more than on Thursday. The number of infected people increased from 71,156 to 72,055, plus 899.
In the last 24 hours, there were 36 more hospitalizations, increasing to 624 the number of people with COVID-19 admitted to hospitals, while there was an increase of one user in intensive care, for a total of 86.
Rafael Marchante
