José Pedro Aguiar-Branco will be welcomed with a formal session on Monday morning at the noble hall of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Madeira, where he will speak about the 50th anniversary of autonomy, which will be celebrated in 2026.
Also on Monday morning, the president of the parliament will be received at the Palácio de São Lourenço by the representative of the Republic in Madeira, Judge Ireneu Cabral Barreto.
In other institutional matters, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco will meet with the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, on Tuesday at 12:00 PM at Quinta da Vigia.
In February this year, in Horta, during a visit to the Azores, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco argued that the establishment of political autonomies in the Azores and Madeira not only benefitted the autonomous regions but also represented a “gain for Portugal as a whole.”
He also highlighted, on a political level, that regional autonomies “should be valued” as they are “not a finished project.”
During his two-day stay in Madeira, the president of the Assembly of the Republic will meet with the region’s economic agents, students, and will visit social, health, university, and scientific institutions.
On Monday afternoon in Funchal, he will visit the construction of the Central and University Hospital of Madeira (PIC) and will then meet with the Board of the International Business Centre of Madeira (CINM) of the Madeira Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACIF-CCIM).
The first day of the visit concludes with a welcome dinner with the president of the Regional Legislative Assembly of Madeira, Rubina Real.
On Tuesday, at 9:30 AM, the president of the Assembly of the Republic will visit the Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology, and Innovation (ARDITI) at the University Campus of Penteada, followed by visits to research centers at the University of Madeira.
In the early afternoon, at 1:30 PM, he will visit the Casa de Saúde de São João de Deus. Two hours later, he will meet with students at the University of Madeira in the Jesuit College.
The final item on the agenda is a visit to the “Project Casa Esperança” space of the IPSS Community Development Association of Funchal “Garouta do Calhau” in São Pedro.
Head of the AD list in the Viana do Castelo constituency for the 2024 and 2025 legislative elections, former Minister of Justice and Defense, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco was re-elected president of the Assembly of the Republic on June 3, with 202 favorable votes, 25 blank and three null – one of the highest vote counts ever.
In his role, the president of the Assembly of the Republic has deemed a culture of tolerance and civility in political debate essential, calling for efforts toward consensus on matters classified as of national interest.
Another focus of his actions has been the goal of opening the parliament to citizens and “bringing” the Assembly of the Republic to all corners of the national territory through various initiatives such as the “Closer Parliament,” where Aguiar-Branco visits a district accompanied by deputies from that electoral circle.
