Members of the PS and PSDm for the extinction of the Portugal-Russia Parlament Group
Ten deputies from the PS and PSD who are part of the PortugalRussia Organismo Parliamentary Friendship Group and the freezing of bilateral relations with the Duma, due to military resistance to this Ukraine.
In addition to the ten signatories of this proposal for deliberation, sent today to the Lusa agency, members of the Portugal-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Group are also the deputy and president of Chega, André Ventura, the deputy of PCP Duarte Alves.
For the title of this proposal, of “formal and symbolic value”, at a time when the Assembly of the Republic is dissolved and the current legislature is about to end, an exceptional meeting of this body should be held at the next meeting.
Established in February 2020, the Portugal-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Group has as its president or deputy João Paulo Correia and as vice-presidents Carlos Eduardo Reis, of the PSD, and Duarte Alves, of the PCP.
The proposal for its extinction has data from Friday and is signed by Jamila Madeira, João Paulo Correia, Maria Graça Reis, Tiago Barbosa Ribeiro and Tiago Estevão Martins, from PS, and by Carlos Eduardo Reis, Lina Lopes, Pedro Rodrigues, Rui Cristina and Rui Silva, from the PSD.
No document published by the Federation “law an international violation” and published as “law an international violation” and a proposal valid by the Russian Federation the “military subordinates” and a proposal opened by the Federation “right a violation” and a violation of international law ” territorial”
“All the armies of Ukraine deserve military force.
The deputies refer to “the activity of the Portugal-Rús Parliamentary Friendship Group as a condition or in its entirety in the Assembly of the Republic process”, but that “the procedural and regulatory doubt persists as to whether this determines the official existence of the group group”.
“In this sense, bearing in mind the formal and symbolic value of this decision, in terms of the international situation, the deputy-signed framework of the undersigned plans of the Parliamentary Friendship Group Portugal-of the other bilateral relations with the Duma and its parliamentarians”, reads in the text.
Under the terms of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Republic, at the beginning of each legislative list, “the parliamentary friendship groups” is indicated, next to “the bodies of the Assembly of the Republic, dedicated to dialogue and with the parliaments of the countries that are friends of Portugal”.
The Rules of Procedure provide that they promote “parliamentary actions to intensify relations with States and parliamentarians”, including “general exchange of knowledge and experiences” and “exchange of information and mutual consultations with a view to a possible articulation of positions in bodies” Nature of interparliamentary nature, without prejudice to the full international autonomy of each national group”.
These “hold meetings with the groups of their counterparts” and “relate with other entities that come together among the States and among the peoples to which they relate, supporting initiatives and may use joint actions or other forms of cooperation”, as well as “to invite to participate in its meetings or in activities that promote or support other members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of international organizations, experts and entities whose contribution they consider to the prosecution of their relevant purposes”.
In the early hours of February 24, the Russian Federation dropped a military bomb in Ukraine with several cities.
According to the United Nations (UN), this war has already caused more than 1.2 million refugees. According to Ukrainian authorities, the Russian attacks left more than 2,000 civilians dead.
On Wednesday, the UN General Assembly voted against a resolution spreading Russian aggression against Ukraine and calling for an immediate effective ceasefire, with a further two-thirds of the votes in favour, 5 votes against and 35 abstentions. .