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Rules Of Procedure Of The Assembly Of The Republic

Original Language Title: Regimento da Assembleia da República

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People's Party CDS-PP

Parliamentary Group

Assembly of the Republic-Palace of S. Bento-1249-068 Lisbon-Phone: 21391 9233-Fax: 21391 7456 Email: gp_pp@pp. parliamento.pt

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,