The debate and voting of the 37th motion of censure in the history of Portuguese democracy take place this Tuesday in the Assembly of the Republic. This parliamentary mechanism is once again under discussion in the chamber.
SIC Verifica analyses whether it is true that, throughout all these motions of censure presented, only on one occasion this parliamentary instrument effectively toppled a Government.
The motion under discussion in the current session is the 37th since the restoration of democracy in Portugal, which shows that this is a mechanism that has been used with some frequency over the decades.
The article aims to verify the truthfulness of the statement that, out of the 36 previous motions, only one led to the fall of an Executive, thus providing historical context on the use of this parliamentary control instrument in Portugal.
