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DRAFT RESOLUTION NO. 203 /X
AMENDMENT TO THE RULES OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE REPUBLIC
Section IV
Weekly debate with the Prime Minister
Article 239º
Weekly debate with the Prime Minister
1-The Prime Minister coms every Wednesday before the Plenary for a
question session of Deputies, save if another date is fixed by the President of the
Assembly of the Republic, ears the Government and the Conference of representatives of the
Parliamentary Groups.
2-Parliamentary Groups will indicate the subjects on which they want to question the
Prime Minister, at the minimum 24 hours notice.
3-Each Parliamentary Group has a global time no longer than five minutes.
4-Each question is followed, immediately, by the Prime Minister's reply, in
equal time, where there is right of replica.
5-In the back of questions intercome all Parliamentary Groups, by order
decreasing of its representativeness, however, being accorded priority to the greater
parliamentary group of the opposition.
6-The right of replica has a duration of not more than two minutes, other than the
first response to each parliamentary group, which may have a duration up to five
minutes.
7-The weekly debate is not delegated, save in exceptional circumstances.
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8-Appreciated and verified the exceptional circumstances by the President of the
Assembly of the Republic, listened to the Conference of Representatives of the Groups
Parliamentarians, the Prime Minister will only be able to represent in the terms of the article
185º of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic.
Section V
Questions to the Government
Article 240º
Questions to the Government
1-Deputies may orally formulate questions to the Government in meetings
fortnighs of the Plenary organised for that purpose.
2-Questions sessions to the Government may be either sector-wide or general.
3-Each sector-wide question session is addressed to a department
government and account with the presence of the responsible minister and the respective team
government.
4-Questions sessions to the Government of sectorial scope have the maximum duration of
two hours, avails the Government of a time for equal responses to the time to
formulation of the questions, fit to the Conference of Representatives of the Groups
Parliamentarians fix the distribution of the questions according to the representativeness of
each parliamentary group and, as well, decide on the organization of the session.
5-Each question is immediately followed by the response by the Government, not to
place to accumulation of times for joint responses.
Article 241º
Questions of a general scope
1-Can still be scheduled by the President of the Assembly of the Republic, heard the
Conference of Representatives of Parliamentary Groups, Question sessions of
general scope.
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2-Questions are chosen and ordered by the President of the Assembly of
Republic, heard the Conference, in respect of the principle of proportionality and the
alternation, relatively to the Members of each parliamentary group.
3-The debate processes itself in the following terms:
a) Interpelant Deputies ask questions for no longer than three minutes;
b) The Government responds for no longer than three minutes;
c) Any deputy has the right to, immediately, ask for additional clarification
about the answer given, for no longer than two minutes, but the first question
of further clarification is always attributed to the interpellant Deputy.
4-The use of the word for the requests for clarifications referred to in point (c) of the
previous number, will be granted with respect for the rule of alternation.
5-The maximum global time for the questions raised by the initial question cannot
surpass twenty minutes further that with prejudice to the inscriptions made or use of the
word in progress.
Section VI-A
Right to the fixation of the agenda
Article 241º-A
Right to the fixation of the agenda
In each legislative session, it can take place up to a maximum of three times, on date to be fixed
by the President of the Assembly of the Republic, listened to the Government and the Conference of
Representatives of Parliamentary Groups, a general or sectoral policy debate,
initiated with an intervention by the Government, subject to questions from the Groups
Parliamentarians, following the widespread debate that is closed by the Government.
Section VI-B
Potent debate with a member of the Government
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Article 241º-B
Potent debate with a member of the Government
1-Opposition Parliamentary Groups have the right to two times per session
legislative scheduling a debate, convening for such the members of the Government
responsible for the governance sector concerned.
2-A The Assembly deliberates the scheduling of this debate within not more than 4 days.
3-The debates referred to in the preceding paragraphs shall be carried out in the terms set by the
Conference observing Article 155º.
Section VIII
Requirements
Article 245º
Requirements
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2-A The requested entity shall respond within 30 days.
Article 246º
Required non-respondents
1-In the months of January, April and July, they are published in the Journal the applications
presented more than three months ago and still unanswered.
2-On the day eight of each month are published on the Internet site of the Assembly of
Republic the applications that did not get response to the end of 30 days.
Palace of S. Bento, May 2, 2007.
The Deputies,