Congress of the Republic (Portugal)

The Congress of the Republic (Portuguese: Congresso da República) was the legislative body of the First Portuguese Republic.

It was proposed by Machado Santos.^[1] The Congress was formed by two chambers, the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.^[1] The home of the Congress was the Palácio de São Bento, the current home of the Assembly of the Republic, in Lisbon.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b Leal, Ernesto Castro (2016). "The Political and Ideological Origins of the Estado Novo in Portugal". Portuguese Studies. 32 (2): 128–148. ISSN 2222-4270. In his Projecto de Estatuto Nacional, of 1916, Machado Santos further proposed a bicameral Congress of the Republic, with a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate, the latter being composed of senators from the municipalities and overseas provinces, and from social and religious interests (formed of clergy from all confessions), as well as professionals.