Montenegro reúne primeiro conselho de ministros quarta-feira

A primeira reunião do Conselho de Ministros do XXIV Governo Constitucional vai realizar-se na quarta-feira, em Lisboa, foi hoje divulgado.

(L-R) Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, Minister of State and Finance, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, Minister for the Presidency, Antonio Leitao Amaro, Minister of State and Territorial Cohesion, Manuel Castro Almeida, Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pedro Duarte, Minister for National Defence, Nuno Melo and Minister of Justice, Rita Judice, Minister of Internal Affairs, Margarida Blasco, Minister of Education, Science and Innovation, Fernando Alexandre, Minister for Health, Ana Paula Martins, Minister for Infrastructure and Housing, Miguel Pinto Luz, Minister for the Economy, Pedro Reis, Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security, Maria do Rosario Palma Ramalho, Minister for the Environment and Energy, Maria da Graca Carvalho, Minister for Youth and Modernisation, Margarida Balseiro Lopes and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries, Jose Manuel Fernandes, during the swearing in cerimony of the XXIV Constitutional Government held at Ajuda Palace, in Lisbon, Portugal, 02 April March 2024. These legislative elections resulted in the victory of AD - a pre-election coalition formed by PSD, CDS-PP and People's Monarchist Party (PPM) - by around 54,000 votes (0.85%) more than the PS, the narrowest margin in the history of Portuguese democracy. The two coalitions led by the PSD (the AD on the mainland and in the Azores, and Madeira Primeiro with the PSD and CDS-PP in Madeira) - won 28.83% of the votes and 80 members of parliament (78 for the PSD and two from the CDS-PP), according to the official results. The PS was the second-most-voted party with 27.98% and 78 MPs. MIGUEL A. LOPES/LUSA

No final da reunião haverá uma conferência de imprensa na residência oficial do primeiro-ministro, em Lisboa, ainda sem hora marcada.

O chefe de Estado, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, empossou hoje o primeiro-ministro e depois os 17 ministros do executivo minoritário formado por PSD e CDS-PP, na Sala dos Embaixadores do Palácio Nacional da Ajuda, 23 dias depois das eleições legislativas antecipadas de 10 de março,

O XXIV Governo Constitucional ficará completo com a posse dos secretários de Estado, marcada para sexta-feira.

Na cerimónia de hoje, que começou exatamente pelas 18:00, os membros do novo executivo foram chamados um a um, por ordem hierárquica, para prestar juramento e assinar o auto de posse, processo que durou cerca de 13 minutos.