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Municipalities and municipal assemblies insist on revision of local electoral law

Mayors and municipal assembly representatives are lobbying for a revision of the local electoral law, aiming to better balance democratic representation with governing stability and accountability. Separately, the National Association of Portuguese Municipalities (ANMP) is demanding increased resources to support decentralization processes.

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This signals a potential future reform to how local municipal leadership is elected and how governance functions, though no specific changes have been proposed or passed yet.

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