Impasse over election of external bodies by the Assembly of the Republic may drag on
Constitutional expert Vitalino Canas warns that the deadlock in electing members to bodies like the Constitutional Court and the Ombudsman's Office could persist for a long time due to the inclusion of the Chega party in negotiations, which traditional parties view as an 'anti-system' force. Political analysts suggest that while the current situation requires new parliamentary consensus, the process is complicated by the need for a two-thirds majority and the strategic interests of parties like the PS and Chega, leading the President of the Assembly, Aguiar-Branco, to call for political maturity to avoid institutional paralysis.













