Of the dozen proposals for the desegregation of parishes presented by the Municipal Councils of 14 municipalities in the district of Beja, eight were proposed (8), reject two (2) is (1) qualified as not being a process.
The Technical Assessment Committee of the Working Group on Parishes of the Assembly of the Republic has already delivered the report on the parish desegregation process, and from the district of Beja, eleven (11), but, an (1) of them was not qualified as a process (Santa Vitória and Mombeja-Municipality of Beja).
According to the document to which Lidador Notícias had access, the proposals of the Municipal Assemblies of Aljustrel were accepted, Almodovar, Ferreira do Alentejo, Moura, Ourique and Serpa and rejected those of Castro Verde and Odemira. With the approval of the eight proposals, 8 new parishes.
The report will be revealed next Tuesday and the final approval schedule is as follows: Submission of legislative initiatives until 08 January 2025 and Plenary Session between 15 and 18 January 2025.
Approved
Aljustrel – Proposal to disaggregate the Union of Parishes of Aljustrel and Rio de Moinhos
Almodôvar – Proposal to disaggregate the Union of parishes of Almodôvar and Graça dos Padrão
Almodôvar – Proposal to desegregate the Union of Parishes of Santa-Clara-a-Nova and Gomes Aires
Ferreira do Alentejo – Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Alfundão and Peroguarda
Ferreira do Alentejo – Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Ferreira do Alentejo and Canhestros
Moura – Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Safara and Santo Aleixo da Restauração
Ourique – Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Garvão and Santa Luzia
Serpa – Proposal for the desegregation of the Parishes of Vila Nova de S. Benedict and Vale de Vargo
Rejected- Does not meet the conditions
Castro Verde – Proposal to disaggregate the Union of parishes of Castro Verde and Casével
Odemira – Proposal for the desegregation of the Parish of Bicos, Colos and Vale of Santiago
Does not qualify as a process
Beja- Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Santa Vitória and Mombeja
In 2013, with the reform imposed by the then PSD/CDS-PP government, with the “Relvas Law”, the Beja district lost 25 percent of its parishes, passing 100 to 75. With the approval of the eight proposals, 8 new parishes, in the next municipal elections, the district of Beja will now have 83 parishes.
The Unions that remain behind the “Relvas Law”
That 20 Parish Unions in the District of Beja created with the “Relvas Law, will remain in force: Beja (6): Albernoa and Trindade, Beja-Salvador and Santa Maria da Feira and Beja-Santiago Maior and São João Baptista, Rescued and Quintos, Santa Vitória and Mombeja and Trigaches and São Brissos, Castro Verde (1): Castro Verde and Casével, Mértola (1): São Miguel do Pinheiro, São Pedro de Solis and Sao Sebastiao dos Carros, Moura (1): Moura-Santo Agostinho and São João Batista, Odemira (2): Odemira-São Salvador and Santa Maria and Bicos, Colos and Vale of Santiago, Ourique (1): Panoias and Conceição and Serpa (1): Serpa-Salvador and Santa Maria.
Luís Amado, the mayor who in 2012 defied the government and “changed the law”.
Recently deceased, for almost two decades he was mayor. Four as executive secretary and 12 as Chairman of the Board of Vila de Frades Parish, county Vidigueira, having accumulated one of the mandates with the deputy function of the mayor. When he died, he was president of the Vila de Frades Parish Assembly
In 2012, was a leading figure when the government of the PSD, launched the law of administrative reorganization of local authorities proceeding to the merger of parishes.
Luís Amado defied the then Secretary of State, Paul Julius and told him: "If the law of 3 kilometers for the merger is approved, change the seat of the joint to the Ruins of St. Cucufate, what is the 4 kilometers, contour and to avoid melting ". This position was fraturante and the government stepped back and took the law paragraph of "kilometers from the merger".
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
