Government of PortugalAbel Baptista
Plenary attendance
Abel Baptista was present in the chamber at 423 of the 446 with a seat in . Away from the chamber on Assembly business (not an absence): 6 . Absences: 16 and none ; 1 . Reasons for justified absences, as the Assembly gives them (in Portuguese): «Trabalho Político» (12), «Luto» (2). (source)
See the figures and every sitting
- Present423
- 0
- 6
- 16
- 0
- 1
Reasons for justified absences
- no reason given: 2
- Trabalho Político: 12
- Luto: 2
All sittings (446)
Sittings the MP did not attend in the plenary
23 sittings
| Date | Record | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 2009 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 18 June 2009 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 5 June 2009 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 4 June 2009 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 3 April 2009 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 2 April 2009 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 27 March 2009 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 29 January 2009 | Justified absence | FJ | Luto |
| 5 July 2007 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 4 July 2007 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 15 June 2007 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 14 June 2007 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 30 March 2007 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 15 March 2007 | Justified absence | FJ | Luto |
| 3 May 2006 | Not yet classified | FIJ | Trabalho Político |
| 12 April 2006 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 16 March 2006 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 15 March 2006 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 3 February 2006 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 19 October 2005 | Justified absence | FJ | |
| 8 July 2005 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 6 July 2005 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 3 June 2005 | Justified absence | FJ |
Committees
32 committees
- Comissão Eventual de Acompanhamento e Avaliação da Política Nacional de Defesa da Floresta contra Incêndios (Efetivo) 23 May 2007 to 26 June 2008
- Comissão Eventual para os Fogos Florestais (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 23 November 2005 to 2 May 2007
- Comissão de Educação e Ciência (Suplente) 23 October 2007 to 29 January 2009
- Comissão de Educação e Ciência (Efetivo) 30 January 2009 to 14 October 2009
- Comissão de Educação, Ciência e Cultura (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 14 October 2005 to 17 May 2007
- Comissão de Educação, Ciência e Cultura (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 18 May 2007 to 22 October 2007
- Comissão de Obras Públicas, Transportes e Comunicações (Efetivo) 23 October 2007 to 14 October 2009
- Comissão de Obras Públicas, Transportes e Comunicações (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 19 May 2005 to 22 October 2007
- Comissão de Orçamento e Finanças (Suplente) 30 January 2009 to 14 October 2009
- Comissão de Poder Local, Ambiente e Ordenamento do Território (Suplente) 23 October 2007 to 14 October 2009
- Comissão de Poder Local, Ambiente e Ordenamento do Território (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 19 May 2005 to 22 October 2007
- Grupo de Trabalho - Acompanhamento do Debate Nacional sobre Educação (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 12 April 2006 to 11 June 2007
- Grupo de Trabalho - Alteração ao Decreto-Lei 66/2008 (Efetivo) 17 June 2008 to 14 October 2009
- Grupo de Trabalho - Apreciação na Especialidade da PPL 115/X-GOV (Pesca e Aquicultura) (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 10 April 2007 to 22 October 2007
- Grupo de Trabalho - Apreciação na Especialidade da PPL 130/X-GOV (Protecção Civil) (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 22 May 2007 to 22 October 2007
- Grupo de Trabalho - Associativismo Juvenil / Estudantil (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 22 February 2006 to 22 June 2006
- Grupo de Trabalho - Audições e Audiências (Efetivo) 20 May 2008 to 14 October 2009
- Grupo de Trabalho - Defender o Montado, Valorizar a Fileira da Cortiça (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 4 October 2006 to 22 October 2007
- Grupo de Trabalho - Ensino Superior (Efetivo) 5 March 2009 to 14 October 2009
- Grupo de Trabalho - Ensino Superior (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 16 January 2007 to 23 July 2007
- Grupo de Trabalho - Lei da Rádio e Difusão da Música Portuguesa (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 16 January 2007 to 22 October 2007
- Grupo de Trabalho - Organismos Geneticamente Modificados (OGM) (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 11 July 2006 to 22 October 2007
- Grupo de Trabalho - Políticas Espaciais (Efetivo) 7 January 2009 to 14 October 2009
- Grupo de Trabalho - Processo Legislativo (PJL 183/X e PPL 116/X) (Efetivo) 6 March 2008 to 14 October 2009
- Grupo de Trabalho - Qualificação (Efetivo) 8 January 2009 to 14 October 2009
- Grupo de Trabalho - Regime Jurídico das Associações de Pais (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 12 April 2006 to 5 June 2006
- Grupo de Trabalho - Transferência de Atribuições para os Municípios (Florestas) (Efetivo) 16 December 2008 to 14 October 2009
- Subcomissão de Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Rural e Pescas (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 7 June 2005 to 13 October 2005
- Subcomissão de Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Rural e Pescas (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 14 October 2005 to 5 February 2006
- Subcomissão de Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Rural e Pescas (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 6 February 2006 to 22 October 2007
- Subcomissão de Segurança Rodoviária (Efetivo) 11 December 2007 to 14 October 2009
- Subcomissão para a Descentralização (pré RAR) (Efetivo) 30 June 2005 to 22 October 2007
Record in this legislature
4 legislatures with a plenary seat
Glossary
15 terms explained, with the official rule
- Chamber
- The half-moon room where MPs meet. The Assembly of the Republic has 230 seats. Here each dot is an MP, and the groups run from left to right in the order of the political spectrum. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 13.º; Constitution, art. 148.º
- Legislature
- The term of an elected Parliament: four legislative sessions (about four years), or less when the Assembly is dissolved and there is an early election. Each has a Roman numeral; the current one is the XVII. Source: Constitution, art. 171.º
- Legislative session
- One year of parliamentary work. It starts on 15 September. Source: Constitution, art. 174.º
- Constituency
- The area the MP was elected for. There are 22: the 18 mainland districts, the Azores, Madeira and two for Portuguese voters abroad (Europe and Outside Europe). Every MP represents the whole country, not only their constituency. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 12.º; Constitution, art. 152.º, n.º 2
- Parliamentary group
- The MPs elected for the same party or coalition, who work together in Parliament. Source: Constitution, art. 180.º; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 6.º
- Plenary sitting
- The meeting of all MPs in the chamber, where laws are debated and voted on. The Assembly publishes who attended and who was absent at each one, with the justification when there is one. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º
- Present at other parliamentary work
- The MP was not in the chamber because they were doing other Assembly work, for example in a committee or a group meeting. It does not count as an absence. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 53.º
- Parliamentary mission
- The MP was representing the Assembly elsewhere, for example in a delegation abroad. The Assembly records it separately, as an absence on mission, not as a missed sitting. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º, n.º 3
- Justified absence
- The MP was absent for a reason the law accepts: illness, marriage, maternity or paternity, bereavement, force majeure, parliamentary mission or work, or political or party work. The President of the Assembly decides whether the justification is accepted. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 8.º, n.º 2; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 18.º, n.º 1, al. a)
- Unjustified absence
- The MP was absent without an accepted reason. Each one is deducted from the salary (1/20 for the first three, 1/10 after that), and missing four plenary sittings in a legislative session without a justified reason leads to the loss of the seat. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 23.º, n.º 1; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 3.º, n.º 1, al. b)
- Not yet classified
- The Assembly recorded the absence with a code that does not say whether it is justified, for example «QV» (absent at the voting quorum) while the justification is pending. Veramundi does not count it as an unjustified absence. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 24.º; Veramundi, how we read the Assembly data
- Absent at the voting quorum
- When there are not enough MPs in the chamber to vote, the President of the Assembly calls them in and records who is missing. The Assembly marks it «QV» and, once justified, «QVJ». Source: Statute of MPs, art. 24.º
- Assembly code
- The abbreviation the Assembly puts on each record. PR: present. PNO: present at another body. ME and MP: parliamentary mission. FJ, QVJ and FAJ: justified absence. FI: unjustified absence. QV and FA: not yet classified. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º; Veramundi, how we read the Assembly data
- Debate with the prime minister
- Every two weeks the prime minister comes to the plenary to answer MPs’ questions. The formats alternate: with an opening statement by the prime minister (point a, «general policy») or questions only (point b). Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 224.º-A
- Replacement
- When an MP leaves or suspends their seat (for example, to join the Government), the seat goes to the next candidate on the same list. That is why a legislature has more names than its 230 seats. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 18.º; Statute of MPs, art. 4.º
Other MPs in the group (CDS – Partido Popular) · 24
- Altino Bessa
- Álvaro Castello-branco
- António Carlos Monteiro
- António Pires de Lima
- Armando Alves
- Conceição Cruz
- Diogo Feio
- Hélder Amaral
- Henrique Campos Cunha
- Idalino Pereira
- Isabel Gonçalves
- João Pinho de Almeida
- João Rebelo
- João Tita Nunes
- Júlio Manuel Vasconcelos
- Manuel Pereira
- Miguel Anacoreta Correia
- Nuno Magalhães
- Nuno Teixeira de Melo
- Paulo Portas
- Pedro Mota Soares
- Pedro Pestana Bastos
- Telmo Correia
- Teresa Vasconcelos Caeiro
Chamber
The half-moon room where MPs meet. The Assembly of the Republic has 230 seats. Here each dot is an MP, and the groups run from left to right in the order of the political spectrum.
Legislature
The term of an elected Parliament: four legislative sessions (about four years), or less when the Assembly is dissolved and there is an early election. Each has a Roman numeral; the current one is the XVII.
Legislative session
One year of parliamentary work. It starts on 15 September.
Constituency
The area the MP was elected for. There are 22: the 18 mainland districts, the Azores, Madeira and two for Portuguese voters abroad (Europe and Outside Europe). Every MP represents the whole country, not only their constituency.
Parliamentary group
The MPs elected for the same party or coalition, who work together in Parliament.
Plenary sitting
The meeting of all MPs in the chamber, where laws are debated and voted on. The Assembly publishes who attended and who was absent at each one, with the justification when there is one.
Present at other parliamentary work
The MP was not in the chamber because they were doing other Assembly work, for example in a committee or a group meeting. It does not count as an absence.
Parliamentary mission
The MP was representing the Assembly elsewhere, for example in a delegation abroad. The Assembly records it separately, as an absence on mission, not as a missed sitting.
Justified absence
The MP was absent for a reason the law accepts: illness, marriage, maternity or paternity, bereavement, force majeure, parliamentary mission or work, or political or party work. The President of the Assembly decides whether the justification is accepted.
Unjustified absence
The MP was absent without an accepted reason. Each one is deducted from the salary (1/20 for the first three, 1/10 after that), and missing four plenary sittings in a legislative session without a justified reason leads to the loss of the seat.
Not yet classified
The Assembly recorded the absence with a code that does not say whether it is justified, for example «QV» (absent at the voting quorum) while the justification is pending. Veramundi does not count it as an unjustified absence.
Absent at the voting quorum
When there are not enough MPs in the chamber to vote, the President of the Assembly calls them in and records who is missing. The Assembly marks it «QV» and, once justified, «QVJ».
Assembly code
The abbreviation the Assembly puts on each record. PR: present. PNO: present at another body. ME and MP: parliamentary mission. FJ, QVJ and FAJ: justified absence. FI: unjustified absence. QV and FA: not yet classified.
Debate with the prime minister
Every two weeks the prime minister comes to the plenary to answer MPs’ questions. The formats alternate: with an opening statement by the prime minister (point a, «general policy») or questions only (point b).
Replacement
When an MP leaves or suspends their seat (for example, to join the Government), the seat goes to the next candidate on the same list. That is why a legislature has more names than its 230 seats.