That 884 parishes aggregated into unions during the troika period, more than 20% initiated processes to disintegrate. Some requests are already being analyzed by Parliament.
There 182 freguesias que em 2013 foram agregadas, formando uniões de freguesias, e que atualmente querem voltar a separar-se. Já há pedidos a serem avaliados pelo Parlamento.
Of all these processes, 10 are from Parish Unions in the District of Beja, what does it mean 6% of the total number of cases in the country, which means that more can be created 11 parishes to be added to existing ones. With the “Relvas Lawâ€, the Beja district lost 25 percent of its parishes, passing 100 to 75. Once all processes were approved, they became 86 parishes in the district.
O processo de agregação ocorreu no perÃodo da troika e ficou conhecido como Lei Relvas, em referência ao nome do então ministro adjunto e dos Assuntos Parlamentares, Miguel Revas. Até então havia 4.259 parishes, número de, depois da reforma passou para 3.091.
Beja – 10 processes- 6% of the national total
Processes approved in the Municipal Assemblies and sent to the Assembly of the Republic: Aljustrel – Proposal to disaggregate the Union of Parishes of Aljustrel and Rio de Moinhos- 2 new parishes, Almodôvar – Proposal to disaggregate the Union of parishes of Almodôvar and Graça dos Padrão- 2, Almodôvar – Proposal to desegregate the Union of Parishes of Santa-Clara-a-Nova and Gomes Aires- 2, Castro Verde – Proposal to disaggregate the Union of parishes of Castro Verde and Casével- 2, Ferreira do Alentejo – Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Alfundão and Peroguarda- 2, Ferreira do Alentejo – Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Ferreira do Alentejo and Canhestros- 2, Moura – Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Safara and Santo Aleixo da Restauração- 2, Odemira – Proposal for the desegregation of the Parish of Bicos, Colos and Vale of Santiago- 3 new, Ourique – Proposal for desegregation Union of Parishes of Garvão and Santa Luzia- 2 and Serpa – Proposal for the desegregation of the Parishes of Vila Nova de S. Benedict and Vale de Vargo- 2.
After 2013 with the “Relvas Lawâ€
Foram criadas 20 Parish Unions in the District of Beja. Aljustrel (1): Aljustrel and Rio de Moinhos, Almodovar (2): Almodôvar and Graça dos Standards and Santa Clara-a-Nova and Gomes Aires, Beja (6): Albernoa and Trindade Albernoa, Beja (Salvador and Santa Maria da Feira and 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, Ferreira do Alentejo (2): Alfundão and Peroguarda and Ferreira do Alentejo and Canhestros, Mértola (1): São Miguel do Pinheiro, São Pedro de Solis and Sao Sebastiao dos Carros, Moura (2): Moura (St. Augustine and St. John the Baptist) and Santo Amador and Safara and Santo Aleixo da Restauração, Odemira (1): Odemira (San Salvador and Santa Maria), Ourique (2): Garvão and Santa Luzia and Panoias and Conceição and Serpa (2): Serpa (Salvador and Santa Maria) and Vila Nova de São Bento and Vale de Vargo.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
