Regionalisation returns to the Portuguese Parliament this Friday, April 17, with the Livre party proposing a citizens' assembly to evaluate the legal framework for administrative regions. The initiative aims to relaunch the process, which has been stalled since the 1998 referendum, by using a participatory democracy mechanism to define the model and prepare for a potential new referendum. Meanwhile, the Left Bloc (BE) has introduced a bill calling for the abolition of the Regional Coordination and Development Commissions (CCDRs) and updates to existing legislation, while the JPP party proposes the creation of five autonomous regions.