"I opted for the dissolution of the Assembly of the Republic and the scheduling of elections on March 10, 2024", declared the head of state, in a communication to the country from the Sala das Bicas of the Palácio de Belém, in Lisbon.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that the parties were "clearly in favour" of this decision, while in the Council of State there was a "draw and, therefore, not in favour of dissolution – a situation, in fact, that had already occurred in the past with other heads of State ".

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