President of the Republic Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa He decided The law allowing people to choose a name without having to identify themselves as male or female is returned to Parliament. He also vetoed the draft law on measures to be adopted by schools to implement the law providing for self-determination of gender identity and expression.
By bringing this law back to the moment when Parliament is dissolved, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa is “referring” this issue to the next legislature.
What is now called the “toilet law” has also been postponed to the next legislative council. The head of state believes that the text
“It does not adequately respect the role of parents, guardians, legal representatives and the associations they form, nor does it explain the different situations according to age.”
The President of the Republic returns this issue so that the next Council can do so
“Think of bringing more realism to a subject in which there is no point in emphasizing principles that, through their abstract geometry, clash with people, families and schools rather than winning them to their cause, in an increasingly multicultural school in Portugal today.”
