According to the same source, the party's president, Luís
Montenegro, proposed to the Permanent Political Commission of the PSD, which he
has just approved, a proposal to reduce the minimum legal age for voting to 16
years.
According to the current text of the Constitution, “all
citizens over eighteen years of age have the right to vote, except for the
incapacities provided for in the general law”.
Chega opened a constitutional review process with the
delivery to parliament of a constitutional review project that was admitted on
October 12. According to the Constitution of the Republic, “when a
constitutional revision project is presented, any others will have to be
presented within thirty days”.
In addition to Chega and PSD, the PS and the Liberal
Initiative have already indicated that they will present a project to change
the Basic Law.
Amendments to the Constitution must be approved by a
two-thirds majority of the deputies (in the current parliamentary framework,
this implies the favourable vote of PS and PSD) and the President of the
Republic cannot refuse to enact the revision law.
???? Stop please!
By MG from USA on 14 Nov 2022, 10:55
Sixteen is too young to vote, they are not adults and have no meaningful experience of life on which to base a vote. They typically will be students living at home, so have never had to pay rent or a mortgage or look for a proper job. I'm surprised a centre right party like PSD would be in favour of this policy, which is usually a Socialist fantasy, borne of desperation to win power. The young are inexperienced and totally impressionable which makes them an ideal target for politicians, especially recently since so many voters feel disenfranchised from the political system.
By Billy Bissett from Porto on 16 Nov 2022, 18:47