Paulo Valério at the “Justice in the 2024 Elections” event, hosted by IURIS

VFA partner Paulo Valério was invited to participate in the “Justice in the 2024 Elections” event, organized by IURIS – Interdisciplinary Research Institute of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (FDUL).

This meeting was dedicated to discussing the justice-related proposals in the electoral programs of the two main political forces, the Socialist Party (PS) and the Social Democrat Party (Partido Social Democrata – PSD; in this electoral act leading the AD – Aliança Democrática [Democratic Alliance] – coalition with CDS and PPM), for the 2024 Legislative Elections. These proposals were detailed at the event by Alexandra Leitão and Raquel Brízida Castro, representing PS and PSD (AD), respectively.

In a panel that also included Joana Marques Vidal, Attorney General of the Republic from 2012 to 2018, and the President of the Portuguese Judges’ Trade Union, Judge Manuel Ramos Soares, Paulo Valério was asked to analyze the justice-related proposals of the two main political forces competing in the March 10 elections.

“From examining both programs,” noted the VFA partner, “it is evident that both parties have structured thinking in the field of justice – which is not a highly ideological area – and, therefore, there are also important points of convergence; hence, there is no reason why there should not be a medium or long-term understanding regarding the reforms that need to be made in the justice system.”