The PS parliamentary leader, Eurico Brilhante Dias, confirmed this Friday, April 17, that the socialists have requested the Constitutional Court to conduct a preventive review of the amendment to the Penal Code associated with the new version of the Nationality Law, two legislative initiatives approved by the entire parliamentary right. Lamenting the “unfortunate concession of the PSD to the far-right”, Brilhante Dias referred to the amendment to the Penal Code that creates the accessory penalty of loss of nationality, whereby naturalised Portuguese citizens lose such right if convicted of serious crimes. “It creates a different sanctioning framework for Portuguese men and women,” he argued. Regarding the Nationality Law, highlighting the socialist bench's contribution to addressing the unconstitutionalities pointed out by the Constitutional Court in the version approved last year, Brilhante Dias said it is not covered by the preventive review request sent to the judges of the Palácio Ratton. Eurico Brilhante Dias also said there was no decision regarding the candidacy for the Ombudsman, claiming that less than 24 hours had passed since the election failed for the Lisbon Law School professor Tiago Antunes, former Assistant Secretary of State to the Prime Minister and European Affairs in António Costa's governments - and accused by the Liberal Initiative of having been part of the “intoxication and manipulation machine of public opinion during the José Sócrates executives”. Despite this, the PS parliamentary leader dismissed the idea that Tiago Antunes lacked votes among socialist deputies, saying that “the numbers speak for themselves” and taking pride in having “a cohesive bench”. Already on Thursday, after the voting result was known, in which the candidate for Ombudsman only had 104 favourable votes, less than the sum of null and blank votes, and far short of the two-thirds majority required. PS proposes a “more balanced” nationality law with a transitional regime.